Working for change in the meat industry
"Working for change in the meat industry," by Emily Boyette, Technician
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation awards $50,000 to Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ NC 10% Campaign
Two-year grant to develop local food markets at NC colleges and universities for low-resourced farmers Raleigh, NC (March 17, 2016) – Trustees of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation have awarded a grant to the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) to support the NC 10% Campaign’s efforts to create more markets for low-resourced farmers by [...]
CEFS’ NC Choices Director Sarah Blacklin Recognized by Farm Credit in National Search for 100 Fresh Perspectives Shaping Rural America and Agriculture
March 15, 2016: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RALEIGH, North Carolina -- Sarah Blacklin, Program Director of NC Choices, is among the visionaries being recognized nationally through Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives, a search to identify and honor 100 leaders who are changing rural communities and agriculture for the better. NC Choices is an initiative of the [...]
Southern Region Cover Crop Conference Set for July 18-19, 2016
February 24, 2016: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GOLDSBORO, North Carolina -- Mark your calendar for a two-day comprehensive cover crop conference for the South. Put on by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) and the Southern region Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education (SARE) program, the event takes place July 18-19, 2016 at two locations in [...]
Another Kind of Hog Farm
“Another Kind of Hog Farm,” by Gabe Rivin in the North Carolina Health News.
Dr. Cary Rivard: Rooted at CEFS, Trained for National Impact
Dr. Cary Rivard has always enjoyed eating tomatoes, but he also has a unique perspective on what it takes to grow them.
FoodCorps North Carolina and Farm-to-School: A Recipe for Healthy Kids
FoodCorps aims to change children's attitudes and behaviors towards food through nutrition education, school garden engagement, and increasing access to healthy, local produce through local farm to cafeteria pathways.
George Teague and Reedy Fork Dairy Farm: An Organic Legacy
"CEFS is the only place doing this kind of work. There's not anybody else in our climate and region doing research for us."
SWARM: Youth Food Activists Are Changing the World
Students Working for an Agricultural Revolutionary Movement (SWARM) has been applying the lessons of past civil rights and justice movements to the struggle for food equity.
Lowes Foods and Ariel Fugate: Bringing Local Foods to Retail Markets
At the front lines of Lowes Foods' local produce purchasing is Ariel Fugate, an NC State University graduate who now works for Lowes as their Locally Grown Accounts Representative, and NC A&T as liaison to the NC Growing Together project.