McDowell County Agriculture-Where does your food come from?

Do you know where your food comes from?  Fourth graders from McDowell County will learn just that.  Each October, McDowell County Cooperative Extension with help from agriculture producers will teach these young people exactly where their food comes from during Agriculture Awareness Field Days.  Agriculture Awareness Field Day was started many years ago because there was a need to educate these young people about agriculture. A variety of topics are taught including aquaculture, beef production, poultry, horticulture, bee keeping, sheep, goats, etc. Sure, I buy my food from a grocery store, but I know where my food comes from.  Hopefully, after Agriculture Awareness Field Day, these kids will too.

McDowell County 4-H: Hungry to Help

Hunger is a problem hiding "in plain sight" in North Carolina.  Whether it involves skipping meals, eating less than is needed to live a healthy life, or making do with foods that are filling but not nutritious, hunger's effects can be devastating, especially among our more vulnerable citizens, including children and older adults.

To combat hunger, the 4-H Youth Development program and the Food Banks of North Carolina, all of which are affiliates of Feeding America our nation's largest hunger-relief organization, have teamed up to promote awareness of hunger in North Carolina and to make an impact in local communities through a new hunger initiative entitled, "Hungry to Help."


McDowell County 4-H will be collecting canned food items for the month of October.  Please stop by the Extension office, County Administration Building, 60 East Court Street, 2nd Floor, and bring a canned food item.  These items will be donated to local food banks.  


Hunger is a problem right here in our backyard.  Let's do our part to help because McDowell County 4-H is "hungry to help."

FREE Pesticide Disposal Day--Thursday, October 7

The NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program, in cooperation with the McDowell County Extension Center, will be offering this Pesticide Collection Day for residents in McDowell County and all surrounding counties. The Collection will be from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the McDowell County Public Works Department which is located on NC Hwy 226 1/2 mile south of I-40. This is just past the landfill and before you get to the NC Department of Transportation. 


Clean out your garages and storage buildings and dispose of these chemicals in a safe manner for FREE!