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Central Carolina Community College’s Chatham County Campus, in Pittsboro, celebrated Earth Day on April 21. One of the activities was the planting, by some of the college’s sustainable agriculture students, of edible herbs in beds adjacent to the Natural Chef Café’s outdoor dining area at the campus. The plants will serve as beautification and be used in cooking by the Natural Chef culinary arts program. Hillary Heckler (kneeling), Student Farm manager, directs the planting by (standing, from left) Jen Snyder, Kristine Mattiace, of Pittsboro, Jessica Mackow, of Carrboro, Alison Duncan, of Pittsboro, and Jaqueline Staab. The college’s sustainability programs offer both continuing education and associate degree studies. For more information, visit the school’s web site at www.cccc.edu/green.