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	<title>NC Cooperative Extension  News</title>
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		<title>Fall Paper Clover Campaign at Tractor Supply</title>
        <link>http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/fall-paper-clover-campaign-at-tractor-supply/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatham County Center</dc:creator>
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Visit Tractor Supply between October 9th and October 20th to purchase a Paper Clover for $1!  Proceeds benefit National 4-H and our local Chatham County 4-H program.
Tracto&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/fall-paper-clover-campaign-at-tractor-supply/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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Visit Tractor Supply between October 9th and October 20th to purchase a Paper Clover for $1!  Proceeds benefit National 4-H and our local Chatham County 4-H program.
Tracto&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/fall-paper-clover-campaign-at-tractor-supply/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Join us for Fall Fun Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatham County Center</dc:creator>
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Join the Chatham County Cooperative Extension Service as we celebrate Fall Fun Day on October 25th.  Youth ages 9-12 can tour a local orchard, learn about antique harvest eq&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/join-us-for-fall-fun-day/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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Join the Chatham County Cooperative Extension Service as we celebrate Fall Fun Day on October 25th.  Youth ages 9-12 can tour a local orchard, learn about antique harvest eq&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/join-us-for-fall-fun-day/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Charging Champions 4-H Livestock Club Help Honor Local Veterans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatham County Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Chatham County Charging Champions 4-H Livestock Club conducted a community service project on September 29th to help with the upkeep of the West Chatham Veteran&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/charging-champions-4-h-livestock-club-help-honor-local-veterans/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Members of the Chatham County Charging Champions 4-H Livestock Club conducted a community service project on September 29th to help with the upkeep of the West Chatham Veteran&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/charging-champions-4-h-livestock-club-help-honor-local-veterans/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>National 4-H Youth Science Day 2013</title>
        <link>http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/246760/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatham County Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 9th, 2013 – The 2013 Experiment
National 4-H Youth Science Day 2013 is upon us – just one week away!  This date has been designated as the day when 4-H’ers acro&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/246760/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[October 9th, 2013 – The 2013 Experiment
National 4-H Youth Science Day 2013 is upon us – just one week away!  This date has been designated as the day when 4-H’ers acro&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/246760/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>2, 4, 8, Lets Renovate!!!</title>
        <link>http://randolph.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/2-4-8-lets-renovate/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph County Center</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Animal Agriculture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Field Crops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Specialty Crops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clover]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fall is an ideal time to renovate your pastures! Forage stands vary in longevity, periods of drought, overgrazing, and weed infestation, which all take their toll on productiv&hellip; <a href="http://randolph.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/2-4-8-lets-renovate/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fall is an ideal time to renovate your pastures! Forage stands vary in longevity, periods of drought, overgrazing, and weed infestation, which all take their toll on productiv&hellip; <a href="http://randolph.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/2-4-8-lets-renovate/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cotton Defoliation</title>
        <link>http://duplin.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/246704/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 18:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duplin County Center</dc:creator>
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To:  Duplin Co. Cotton Interests&nbsp;

From:  Curtis D. Fountain


            Agricultural Extension Agent &#8211; Field Crops


National Weath&hellip; <a href="http://duplin.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/246704/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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To:  Duplin Co. Cotton Interests&nbsp;

From:  Curtis D. Fountain


            Agricultural Extension Agent &#8211; Field Crops


National Weath&hellip; <a href="http://duplin.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/246704/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NC Grape Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bladen County Center</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Horticulture, Nursery & Turf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Foods]]></category>
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<a href="http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/7502444_orig.png">Come out and enjoy the NC Grape Festival!</a>
<a href="http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/upload&hellip; <a href="http://bladen.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/nc-grape-festival/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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<a href="http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/7502444_orig.png">Come out and enjoy the NC Grape Festival!</a>
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		<title>National 4-H Week &#8211; Get Ready!</title>
        <link>http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/national-4-h-week-get-ready/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatham County Center</dc:creator>
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Make sure to spread your “green pride” for National 4-H Week from October 6th through October 12th!
 
National 4-H Week is celebrated the first full week of October.  T&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/national-4-h-week-get-ready/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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Make sure to spread your “green pride” for National 4-H Week from October 6th through October 12th!
 
National 4-H Week is celebrated the first full week of October.  T&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/national-4-h-week-get-ready/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Extension Gardener Fall Newsletter Now Available</title>
        <link>http://caldwell.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/extension-gardener-fall-newsletter-now-available-2/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caldwell County Center</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home & Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawn & Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Foods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pest Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soil, Water & Air]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Extension Gardener newsletter is written by horticultural experts with the <a href="http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/" target="_blank">North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service&hellip; <a href="http://caldwell.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/extension-gardener-fall-newsletter-now-available-2/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Extension Gardener newsletter is written by horticultural experts with the <a href="http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/" target="_blank">North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service&hellip; <a href="http://caldwell.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/extension-gardener-fall-newsletter-now-available-2/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>October Events with Chatham County 4-H</title>
        <link>http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/october-events-with-chatham-county-4-h/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatham County Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Upcoming October events for Chatham County 4-H:

Oct. 1st – Happy 4-H New Year!
Oct. 2nd – Cluck-n-Hop 4-H meeting at 6PM, Pittsboro
Oct. 6th-12th – National 4-H &hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/october-events-with-chatham-county-4-h/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[    Upcoming October events for Chatham County 4-H:

Oct. 1st – Happy 4-H New Year!
Oct. 2nd – Cluck-n-Hop 4-H meeting at 6PM, Pittsboro
Oct. 6th-12th – National 4-H &hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/october-events-with-chatham-county-4-h/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>2013 Chatham/Randolph 4-H Livestock Show</title>
        <link>http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/2013-chathamrandolph-4-h-livestock-show/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatham County Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chatham/Randolph 4-H Livestock Show was a great success on September 21st!  Over 50 talented youth showed more than 90 goats and beef heifers during the course of the day&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/2013-chathamrandolph-4-h-livestock-show/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Chatham/Randolph 4-H Livestock Show was a great success on September 21st!  Over 50 talented youth showed more than 90 goats and beef heifers during the course of the day&hellip; <a href="http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/2013-chathamrandolph-4-h-livestock-show/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Reaping What They Sow: Farms Seek Bigger Place at the Table</title>
        <link>http://richmond.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/reaping-what-they-sow-farms-seek-bigger-place-at-the-table/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richmond County Center</dc:creator>
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 Ted M. Natt Jr., staff writer | Posted in The Pilot: Sunday, September 29, 2013 7:55 am&hellip; <a href="http://richmond.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/reaping-what-they-sow-farms-seek-bigger-place-at-the-table/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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 Ted M. Natt Jr., staff writer | Posted in The Pilot: Sunday, September 29, 2013 7:55 am&hellip; <a href="http://richmond.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/reaping-what-they-sow-farms-seek-bigger-place-at-the-table/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Canning Apple Pie Filling</title>
        <link>http://currituck.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/canning-apple-pie-filling/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Currituck County Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NC Cooperative Extension Currituck County Center is offering a free canning class on how to can apple pie filling. Participants will experience firsthand what it is like to wo&hellip; <a href="http://currituck.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/canning-apple-pie-filling/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[NC Cooperative Extension Currituck County Center is offering a free canning class on how to can apple pie filling. Participants will experience firsthand what it is like to wo&hellip; <a href="http://currituck.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/10/canning-apple-pie-filling/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Acidified Foods Workshop</title>
        <link>http://stokes.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/acidified-foods-workshop/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stokes County Center</dc:creator>
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Acidified FoodsBetter Process Control School 
Processing and Packaging BPCS for North Carolina Entrepreneurs Packaging in Glass and Plastic Containers
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Acidified FoodsBetter Process Control School 
Processing and Packaging BPCS for North Carolina Entrepreneurs Packaging in Glass and Plastic Containers
&hellip; <a href="http://stokes.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/acidified-foods-workshop/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WNC AgOptions Grant Opportunity for Farmers</title>
        <link>http://buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/wnc-agoptions-grant-opportunity-for-farmers/?src=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buncombe County Center</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASHEVILLE, N.C. — WNC Agricultural Options’ 10th annual grant cycle is underway. With funding from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, WNC AgOptions will award a total&hellip; <a href="http://buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/wnc-agoptions-grant-opportunity-for-farmers/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ASHEVILLE, N.C. — WNC Agricultural Options’ 10th annual grant cycle is underway. With funding from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, WNC AgOptions will award a total&hellip; <a href="http://buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/09/wnc-agoptions-grant-opportunity-for-farmers/?src=rss">Continue Reading</a>]]></content:encoded>
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