SALISBURY — A Riot in the Pasture to celebrate local food and local farmers will take place from 3-7 p.m. Sunday, May 22 at Correll Farms at 1185 Woodleaf-Barber Road in Cleveland. The event is hosted by Bread Riot and Correll Farms. Bread Riot ...Read More

The Rowan County Master Gardener Annual Plant Sale and Swap and Silent Auction will be Saturday. The sale begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Outdoor Learning Shelter and greenhouse located at 2727 Old Concord Road. The Plant Swap will start at 9:30 a.m. All ...Read More

By Carole Massey Rowan County Master Gardener SALISBURY — Rowan County Master Gardeners will hold their 15th annual Plant Sale and Swap on Saturday morning, May 7. Open to the public, the plant sale begins at 8:30 a.m. and the swap will begin a ...Read More

The Rowan County Master Gardener Association is sponsoring a Flower Arranging Workshop on Wednesday, April 27, at the Agricultural Building on Old Concord Road in Salisbury. The workshop will start at 10 a.m. and conclude at 12:30 p.m. Light refreshm ...Read More

The Bread Riot is celebrating our non-profit status by hosting "Riot in the Pasture" - A Celebration of Local Foods!
The Riot will occur at the Correll Farm from 3 to 7 on Sunday, May 22 and will feature food prepared by The Sweetest Thing using ...Read More

The N.C. Department of Transportation is seeking volunteers from across the state to help remove litter from local roads during this year’s spring Litter Sweep event, held from April 16 to April 30. Volunteers played an integral role in removin ...Read More

Salisbury – Rowan County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Kathy Dudley, reminds landowners and producers that the general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) ends Friday April 15.  All interested farmers, ...Read More

By Darrell Blackwelder For the Salisbury Post April There is still time to fertilize cool season fescue/bluegrass lawns. It’s important not fertilize after April 15 which promotes fungal disease problems • Post emergence herbicides can be ...Read More

Rowan Rose Society members will be pruning the rose bushes of the Triangle Rose Garden on West Innes Street (in front of Summersett Funeral Home) on Saturday morning beginning at 8 a.m. Anyone interested in learning how to prune rose bushes for best ...Read More

Cooperative Extension is hosting a pesticide workshop for commercial and private applicators. The workshop will focus on “Communicating Pesticide Risks and Benefits” with information on case studies and frequently asked questions on Wedne ...Read More

By Linda BaileyMiller Davis Agency One day, in the midst of one of the many, many tours that Michelle Patterson directs in the growing agri-tourism business at her family farm, she asked the children a simple question: "What does a cow say?" And a ch ...Read More

Catawba College News ServiceDr. Christopher Magryta, a physician with Salisbury Pediatric Associates, will speak on "Nutrition, the Environment & the Genome" at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Center for the Environment facility on the Catawb ...Read More

By Megan Bame For The Salisbury Post April 25, nearly 50 supporters of Bread Riot toured three local farms and enjoyed a meal of locally produced foods. According to its Web site, Bread Riot is "a gathering of like-minded people in Salisbury and Rowa ...Read More