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AgBiome on the "The Food Fix" Podcast

AgBiome's Brooke Bissinger was featured recently on the podcast The Food Fix in the episode titled "Teaching a Sweet Potato Self-Defense". Check out the full recording and the article here

Helping meals on wheels

 On Friday, August 18th, the AgBiome Philanthropy group teamed up to help pack and deliver food to Durham residents through the Meals on Wheels program. The morning started with receiving food from one of the Meals on Wheels caterers, which was[..]

Bugfest 2017

Year of the Dragonfly

 BugFest 2017 was a huge success for the Museum of Natural Science and for the AgBiome team. Multiple AgBiomers from the entomology department and other functional groups spent the day showing kids and adults some of the[..]

A Day in the Entomology Lab

This week we followed two AgBiome entomologists into the lab to get a taste of what working with insects can be like. And yes, a few people here do enjoy eating insects, YUM! Meet Marie Encarnacion and Elka Armstrong.

Intern Bids AgBiome Farewell

Tessa Lacara shares some thoughts on her summer intern experience:

Howler Fungicide Receives EPA Registration

Highly efficacious fungicide for specialty crops developed by AgBiome

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. [August 22, 2017] – AgBiomeTM announced today that HowlerTM fungicide received registration from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The first[..]

AgBiome Volunteers with Seeds

On June 23rd, AgBiome was sweating it out at the community garden. Seeds is a non-profit organization with a 2 acre urban garden in the city of Durham, NC. Students that visit Seeds can harvest produce and bring it into the kitchen classroom where[..]

A Day in the Greenhouse

To kick off our next series exploring different AgBiome labs and spaces, we wanted to start with one of the most exciting jobs in our company! Working in the greenhouse presents a lot of challenges when it comes to supporting multiple research[..]

The Interns are coming!

Summer is here and you may enter the office to find some unfamiliar faces. Wait, who’s that talking to Tyson while gazing at his computer screen and who’s following Courtney to the lab? Perhaps you’ve volunteered to mentor a student interested in[..]

Philanthropy Committee update

The mission of AgBiome's Philanthropy Committee is to find volunteer opportunities in our community to help give back and improve the lives of those who live here. We have several exciting projects coming up and will be providing updates as they[..]

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