Mecklenburg County Center | N.C. Cooperative Extension

4-H Volunteer Interest Meeting

Published - September 29, 2026 Read

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Applications are Open for the 2027 Cooperative Extension Student Internship Program

Published - October 23, 2026 Read

Campus Nature Rx Network Symposium (2026)

Published - October 22, 2026 Read

News From Mecklenburg County Center

We are hiring. Join the Mecklenburg County team as our Urban Agriculture/Horticulture Agent!

We are Hiring a Horticulture/Urban Agriculture Agent

Published - October 2, 2026

Starting and Managing a Lawn Care Business

Published - October 1, 2026

From: Stokes County Center

Support pollinators and wildlife, leave your leaves, charlottenc.gov/leaves

City of Charlotte Leave Your Leaves Campaign

Published - September 30, 2026

N.C. A&T Urban Agriculture Showcase Oct. 15

Published - September 14, 2026

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Mecklenburg County Accepts New Curbside Recycling Items

Published - September 14, 2026

Join Mecklenburg County 4-H

Published - September 8, 2026

Mecklenburg County 4-H at Kids in Nature Day

Published - September 4, 2026

Opening October 15th - NC Ag Ventures Grants

Published - September 2, 2026

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Upcoming Events

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4-H @ Kids in Nature Day Sunday | Oct 25 | 2:00 PM — 5:00 PM Reedy Creek Nature Preserve, 2900 Rocky River Rd, Charlotte, NC 28215, USA

Oct 28

4-H Volunteer Interest Meeting Wednesday | Oct 28 | 5:45 PM — 7:15 PM 2415 Lester St, Charlotte, NC 28208, USA

Oct 31

Ask a Master Gardener Saturday | Oct 31 | 8:00 AM — 12:00 PM Cotswold Farmers Market

Nov 05

Growing Blackberries & Raspberries To Diversify Your Farm Thursday | Nov 05 | 1:00 PM — 3:00 PM N.C. Cooperative Extension, Mecklenburg County Center, 2415 Lester St, Charlotte, NC 28208, USA

Nov 11

Veterans Day/Office Closed Wednesday | Nov 11 | All Day

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News From NC State Extension

Selection Today for Sustainability Tomorrow: Beef Extension Workshop

Published - October 23, 2026

From: Beef

Food Safety and Apples

Published - October 22, 2026

From: Food Safety

Extension agent looks over research crops planted in Kinston.

Does Wheat Pencil Out This Fall?

Published - October 21, 2026

From: Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

Food Labeling News "As Prepared" and Dual Column Label requirements

Published - October 21, 2026

From: Food Business

L t R: Aaron Moore, Andrew Baucom, Jessica King, Samara Gibson, Ashlin Austin, Keith Walters; all stand with a shovel at a construction site with a photo of the future of the FIC in the background

Local Food Infrastructures in Extension: Union County

Published - October 19, 2026

From: Local Food

RancHER 2026 Webinars Series

Published - October 15, 2026

From: Beef

Destructive Jumping Earthworms

Published - October 14, 2026

From: Gardening

Planting the Future: NC Farm School Opens 2027 Registration

Published - October 13, 2026

From: NC Farm School

Three women sitting on the ground surrounded by buckets of organic tomatoes

October Newsletter for NC New Crops & Organics Program

Published - October 12, 2026

From: New Crops & Organics

Webinars on how and why to introduce clover in tall fescue pastures plus cost-share opportunity

Published - October 10, 2026

From: Beef

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