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Catawba County Cooperative Extension Service
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Catawba County Extension
We continue to serve you!
The Catawba County Extension Office is working hard to adjust our programs for social distancing standards. We continue to offer all of the consultation and programming that you are used to - just at a distance. If you need to meet with an agent please use the link below to set an appointment, ask a question, or participate in education and training opportunities. All of our agents are still working and ready to serve your needs.
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Upcoming Events and Activities
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 Local Food Cooking Class
Yeah!!!
We are doing a
ZOOM COOKING CLASS
I will miss cooking for all of you and sharing produce from our local growers, but I think we can do this and still have fun, especially if you all cook along with me.
We have set up 10 sessions. They will be every two weeks from
June 17 - Oct. 21, 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Please follow this link to access registration.
You will also get to meet our new intern
Valeriia Litvinova from the Ukraine
Val has some ideas about sharing her recipe for Ukrainian crepes!
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Gardening Answers to Your Questions:
We always welcome your questions
Questions regarding garden veggies, herbs, and fruit
send them to George: gtplace@ncsu.edu
Questions regarding ornamentals, lawn, and trees
send them to Adam:
ansmith3@ncsu.edu
Tai Chi For Gardeners, Office Workers,
and People in a Hurry
These zoom meetings are free and open to the public. Simply click on the link to register. Registered participants will get a zoom link before the scheduled program. Share this invite and bring your questions.
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Landscape Contractors - CEU Extension
NC Landscape Contractors' Licensing Board voted to approve an Emergency Rule regarding Continuing Education (CE) credits required for license renewal for August 1, 2020 - July 31, 2021.
The emergency rule allows a one year extension of continuing education requirements for the license year ending July 31, 2020. Credits already obtained for the current licensing year ending July 31, 2020 will be applied to the next year ending July 31, 2021.
You may view the Emergency Rule by clicking
HERE
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Lawn Care by the Season- Summer Expectations
June 9th from 6-7 PM
This ZOOM presentation will cover general lawn management for homeowners- fertilization, pest management, irrigation, mowing tactics, disease management, etc.
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The above link will assist farmers in:
- what farmers need to know for the small business benefits
- what farmers need to know for the CARES Act
- Info for the 2020 GAP Audit
- farm workers and COVID-19, what if someone is infected
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NCDA Agronomic Division
is taking soil samples again!
The Soil Lab is back! Please send your soil samples but expect a delay slightly longer than 3 weeks. The samples are now free until the end of November.
If you need a faster turn around on samples, Waters Agriculture Labs is a private lab that can process soil samples for a fee ($10) but you will have results within 48 to 72 hours. Visit their website for more info:
https://watersag.com/
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Now open for the Summer Season!
Wed. 10-2pm, Sat 8-1pm
Parking lot beside Lowes play ground to west of Union Square
Opening Day May 9th
Sat. 8-12pm
Conover Post Office parking lot
For other updates on sourcing local foods
Vegetables,
Fruit,
Meat,
Eggs,
Tea,
Coffee,
Honey,
Bread,
Baked Goods
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Ages 6 and older
While it will be a different kind of 4-H summer, we still have lots of great summer learning experiences to new spark interests for youth.... all be offered online this summer and most are FREE this year. 4-H'ers may also use their earned scholarship money to cover the costs for programs with a charge, if they wish.
Reading Buddies - children in grades 1st -4th will enjoy reading with a teen buddy and have a fun activity related to the book. Tuesday and Thursday mornings starting June 23. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-buddies-tickets-106576306602
Healthy Habits: Walk Catawba - Last few days to register - starts June 1 with healthy living sessions and challenges each Monday. Earn a Walk Catawba shirt when walk across Catawba County and log 31 miles. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4-h-healthy-habits-walk-catawba-registration-103338171252
Healthy Habits: Intro to Marital Arts - Wednesday mornings from June 17-July 1 for ages 9 and older. Learn some basic moves and stances and learn how martial arts in good for the body and mind. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healthy-habits-introduction-to-martial-arts-tickets-107157888128
Roadmap to College - High school students will explore college options and make a plan for how to navigate the road from high school to college. 11. Thursday afternoons starting June Special senior session on July 9. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roadmap-to-college-tickets-107217713066
KickinKitchenTV - join other 4-H'ers from the region for a special viewing of a 6-week viewing of
KickinKitchen.TV. This is a
TV and web series that blends together cooking, comedy, and hip music. Thursday afernoons, starting June 25, Registration link coming soon.
Keep a watch on the Catawba County 4-H Facebook page for additional offerings throughout the summer.
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NC 4-H Virtual Summer Fun
Ages 5 and older
4-H agents across the state have teamed-up to create and offer a variety of different summer virtual programs. You can find a variety of different topics and formats. Check-out these options.
Coffee & Culture - Virtual Zoom sessions for teens 13-18. Teens will form a deeper understanding of themselves and others as they explore their own backgrounds, cultural knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes.
Back to the Basics - This virtual learning series will bring back some of the family and consumer sciences skills that many youth have lost touch with from sewing, cooking, table etiquette, baking, and financial management.
Plant Geeks Unite - Join us for a virtual, summer, North Carolina 4-H Plant Science Adventure! In this self-guided exploration for 8-12 year-olds, we will dig into soils, marvel and grow plants with wild abandon and say hello to creeping, crawling, diving, and flying friends and so much more.
Cloverbud STEM - This program goes through 3 main STEM topics: energy, kitchen science, and bugs. Youth learn STEM from their kitchen to their backyard and everywhere in between.
Junior STEM - The main topics focused on in this program is: kitchen science, energy, coding, and natural sciences. From the very basics of natural life to technological advances, youth will become more aware of STEM related topics.
Log on to Leadership - Leadership requires a set of skills that allow a person to influence others in a positive way to achieve great things. 4-H members will have the opportunity to develop their time management, goal setting, conflict management, and public speaking skills so they can be better for their clubs, communities, country, and world!
Down on the Farm - Learn about animals even if you aren't raised on a farm. Youth will learn about where their food and byproducts come from. Youth will learn also about the companion animals that you can find in houses that aren't on the farm.
Explore Outdoors - Explore Outdoors is a fun way to learn about the environment right in your own nature patch - farm, suburbs, or city - it all counts! You can meet scientists and add your discoveries to a real environmental science database!
Healthy Habits Family - This program encourages families to learn together! Fun and engaging garden-based activities for youth ages 5-11.
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Special 4-H Summer T-Shirt
This year we are giving youth the chance to earn a special Virtual Summer 4-H t-shirt when they participate in a minimum of 5 spring and summer 4-H activities. A limited number of shirts are available for the first 25 who sign-up.
Our state and county 4-H staff is hard at work to offer some traditional 4-H activities in a new way. We already have a record number of Catawba County 4-H'ers registered for Virtual NC 4-H Electric Congress and NC 4-H Citizenship Focus! Several 4-H clubs are adapting to the quarantine by having Zoom 4-H meetings. And while we will miss seeing 4-H'ers in our office for summer activities, we look forward to seeing you with zoom!
Additional shirts are available for purchase at a cost of $12 each. See if you qualify for a shirt or place your order at https://forms.gle/vtLnbR6Zw4SCdMf88
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Catawba County Local foods Guide
Time to update for 2020
We will not be distributing the print copy until the stay at home order is lifted. The web version will be updated continuously
All farmers in the guide have been given resources to help them safely harvest, package and distribute food and are being updated by Extension if protocols change.
To view resources shared with farmers visit
Please let us know if you would like your farm or food business to be in the Local Food Guide.
Requirements are that you produce, sell or utilize local foods sourced from within 50 miles of Catawba County.
The Guide will be printed in February and is also available in a mobile friendly version. See link above.
The listing is free, we just need a questionaire to be filled out and a picture or logo. Please contact April Vigardt at alvigard@ncsu.com for more information.
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Catawba Valley Cattlemen's Association Meeting
June 9(physical)meeting: None - but Meeting by phone or by laptop will occur
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7 PM "Zoom" Extension educational and visit meeting will occur at 7 pm.
Topic: Dr. Tom VanDyke, DVM teaches "CALF HEALTH" and you will get to ask questions.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: June 9, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Call Glenn 405.219.1902 to get the telephone # and Meeting #. If using a labtop call with your email and I will email you a
url address to enter the meeting.
Please check out: www.farmers.gov/cfap
Please check out:
youthlivestock.ces.ncsu.edu
To help your children and grandchildren, You can learn about judging animals. There are training sessions each week which
children
can sign up to attend via Zoom meetings. These are
excellent
even for
adults.
All Cattlemen members will
receive
a newsletter or click below
Call Brandon Bowman CVCA President or text Amanda Whitener,Treasurer
828-217-3120 Text 339-788-0943
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Beaver Management Assistance Program (BMAP)
Catawba County is a participating county for the statewide Beaver Management Assistance Program (BMAP).
The North Carolina Beaver Management Assistance Program (BMAP) is designed to help manage problems caused by beaver on private and public lands. Due to practical and ecological considerations, the program's goal is to address specific beaver damage problems rather than to eliminate beaver from North Carolina.
If you need assistance in Beaver Management in
Catawba County please contact:
Austin Clarke
Wildlife Specialist
USDA APHIS Wildlife Services
Work-(980) 223-1478
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Family Consumer Science (FCS) -
Food and Nutrition
"Farm to Fork" Recipe Page
Visit the "
Farm to Fork" recipe page for recipes and resources to help you prepare produce that you grow or purchase at local farmers markets.
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Attention - Aspiring Food Business Entrepreneurs:
Click on the link below for answers to questions regarding starting a food business. Whether you are interested in selling value-added products at a farmers market or starting a
food truck. You will find information to help you, including agencies that regulate food businesses.
Need help with food preservation?
Stop by the Extension office and pick up a complimentary guide with instructions on how to can and freeze selected fruits and vegetables. For your convenience, the guides have been distributed to several local libraries but supplies are limited.
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Help Us Improve Our Customer Service To You!
In 2 minutes you will help us to improve how we serve Catawba County.
This survey is completely anonymous
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Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination statement
North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, or veteran's status. In addition, the two Universities welcome all person without regard to sexual orientation. North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments cooperating.
Persons with disabilities and persons with limited English proficiency may request accommodations to participate by contacting Catawba County Extension Director, George Place, at (828) 465-8240 or gtplace@ncsu.edu or in person at the County Extension Office at least 14 days prior to the event.
Las universidades NC State y NC A & T están comprometidas colectivamente a llevar a cabo acciones positivas para asegurar la igualdad de oportunidades y prohibir la discriminación y el acoso independientemente de la raza, el color de la piel, el país de
origen, la religión, la ideología política, el estado civil y situación familiar, el sexo, la edad, la condición de veterano de guerra, la identidad sexual, la orientación sexual, la información genética o la discapacidad de la persona. Colaboración entre las
Universidades NC State y NC A & T, el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos, y los gobiernos locales.
Las personas con discapacidades y las personas con dominio limitado del inglés pueden solicitar adaptaciones para participar comunicándose con el Director de Extensión del Condado de Catawba, George Place, al (828) 465-8240 o gtplace@ncsu.edu o personalmente en la Oficina de Extensión del Condado al menos 14 días antes al evento.
Yog hais tias koj xav tau kev txhais lus Hmoob, thov hu rau peb tus extension thawj coj, George Place, ua ntej nws thiaj li yuav nrhiav tau kev pab koj. Nws tus xov tooj yog 828-465-8240. Ua tsaug.
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