Andrea Reusing, chef-owner of acclaimed Chapel Hill restaurant Lantern, has been on the CEFS Board of Advisors since 2006. Reusing is the 2011 winner of the James Beard award for Best Chef: Southeast. She has written for Saveur, Domino, Fine Cooking, Gourmet.com and The News & Observer. Reusing's first book, Cooking in the Moment: A [...]
Stevia plants at CEFS Life is a little sweeter these days at the CEFS research farm in Goldsboro. Since 2012, CEFS has been involved in research trials for Stevia, a perennial herb of the Asteraceae family native to South America. Stevia rebaudiana is grown for the sweetness of its leaf, which is about 30 [...]
2013 Supply Chain Fellows. Sebastian is sixth from right in blue striped shirt, and Jessica is fourth from right in dark blue shirt. The NC Growing Together (NCGT) project and NC State's Poole College of Management Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC) have partnered to offer the country's first local foods-focused business school supply chain [...]
Shorlette Ammons Shorlette Ammons, CEFS' Community-Based Food Systems Outreach Coordinator, has been awarded a one year Food Equity fellowship by the Center for Social Inclusion (CSI). Based in New York, CSI is a national public policy strategy organization that works to unite public policy research and grassroots advocacy to transform structural racial inequity into [...]
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP), Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), and Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) are partnering with the Centralina Council of Governments and the Catawba Regional Council of Governments to support CONNECT Our Future, a three-year initiative funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Sustainable [...]
Teisha hard at work! Teisha Wymore, CEFS' Farm to Fork Action Plan Operation Manager, recently visited Cuba as part of a summer study abroad course in Sustainable Tourism development. Through the program, offered by Eastern Carolina University, Teisha was able to witness firsthand the country's thriving organic production sector and accompanying agri-tourism industry . [...]
Evan Taylor has joined the CEFS team as a research specialist at CEFS' 2000-acre research facility in Goldsboro. Evan brings years of experience at NCDA research stations including the Caswell Research Farm and the Cunningham Research Station, both in Kinston. From 2009-2012 Evan was the Organic Research Specialist for the Kinston stations. At CEFS, Evan [...]
The Third Annual Carolina Meat Conference, December 9-10 NC Choices' Carolina Meat Conference enters its third year of innovative educational programming and unparalleled networking opportunities for niche meat supply chain partners including farmers, processors, chefs, buyers and industry support businesses. The Carolina Meat Conference is a gathering of professionals from all sectors of the local and [...]
September 23, 2013: For Immediate Release Raleigh, NC: Shorlette Ammons, CEFS’ Community-Based Food Systems Outreach Coordinator, has been awarded a one-year Food Equity fellowship by the Center for Social Inclusion (CSI). Based in New York, CSI is a national public policy strategy organization that works to unite public policy research and grassroots advocacy to transform [...]
September 20, 2013: For Immediate Release Raleigh, NC: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) is pleased to announce that Teisha Wymore will begin serving as the new Farm to Fork Action Plan Operations Manager, effective immediately. Ms. Wymore has served CEFS in several capacities over the last few years, most recently as the State [...]
