From Sheila Jones at the Wake District office

Hello High School Science Chairs, Envirothon Advisors, Environmental and Key Club Leaders, and FFA / Horticulture Teachers!

It’s only February but students are already looking for fun & meaningful summer camp opportunities!

Please tell them about the 2014 Resource Conservation Workshop (RCW) June 22-27, 2014 at NCSU.

Budget and camp enrollment space allowing, Wake District offers one or more full scholarships for Wake County high school students to attend this week-long seminar taught by NCSU professors and natural resource professionals.

Last summer our District Supervisors awarded four (4) scholarships and a fifth student paid her own way.

Eligible students must be rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors. They must submit an application that includes a short essay explaining their keen interest in the great outdoors & natural resource conservation, what they hope to learn, their career plans or how they plan to apply conservation in their life, and why s/he is the best candidate of choice.

Students must also submit one letter of support from an adult (teacher, church pastor, scout leader, etc. but not a parent.)

DEADLINE: Postmark / submit application by 5:00pm Friday, March 28, 2014.

Thank you for assisting Wake District in sending deserving students to this comprehensive and worthwhile summer conservation camp!

Sheila B. Jones
Environmental Education Specialist
Wake Soil & Water Conservation District
4001-D Carya Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610
Office: 919.250.1065

RCW Promo 2014.pdf

RCW Info Letter 2014.pdf

RCW Application 2014.doc

Conservation Newsletter Winter 2014.updated Feb 6

From CEFS at NCState – Center for Environmental Farming Systems:www.ncnewfarmers.org
www.ces.ncsu.edu

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Through the Bringing New Farmers to the Table project, we have posted some new resources for folks working on establishing new incubator farms (here) as well as new resources for beginning farmers developed by our partners, including a web-based NC focused tool for developing a farm business plan and a workbook (under PLANNING FOR A NEW ENTERPRISE here ).

As a reminder, we also have developed (and recently updated) a New Farmer Toolbox Continue reading

Widow and son take over Willow Spring winery and vineyard

from the News and Obwerver – by Andrea Weigl     aweigl@newsobserver.com    February 1, 2014

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/01/3580278/widow-and-son-take-over-willow.html

When Joyce Adams’ husband died three years ago, she not only had to figure out how to run a Muscadine vineyard and winery, she also inherited her husband’s cause: to keep the family farm viable for future generations.

The land meant a lot to her husband, Johnny, whose full name was John Quincy Adams III. The 200 acres that he inherited in southeastern Wake County have been in the family since the 1700s; it was part of a land grant from the King of England, Adams said. Johnny was the seventh generation to live and work on the land. Continue reading