Maya Wiley’s Lecture “Unmasking Inequities: Building Toward a More Just Food System for All!”
View the story on YouTube: CEFS 2013 Sustainable Agriculture Lecturer: MAYA WILEY
NC Choices Hosts Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat
NC Choices is hosting a Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat May 20th – 22 in Chapel Hill, NC. The retreat, sponsored by the Farm Credit Associations of North Carolina, is in response to the emerging role of female professionals within meat businesses. “Women are increasingly playing a leadership role in the meat sector, whether it’s as livestock [...]
Maya Wiley and Shorlette Ammons on WUNC’s The State of Things
See (and hear) the story at WUNC 91.5: Exploring Gaps In America's Food System From The Farm To The Table By Nicole Campbell & Frank Stasio
CEFS Receives Major Grants to Support Greenhouse Gas Research, an Organic Plant Breeding Center for the Southeast, and the Development of NC Local Food Supply Chains
CEFS is proud to announce several major grants that will support exciting new work over the next few years. Greenhouse Gas Research USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded CEFS $734,802 for an integrated research, education and extension project entitled Assessing The Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential Of Organic Systems In The Southeast. [...]
Board Member Spotlight: Michael Tiemann
Mr. Michael Tiemann, Vice President of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat, is a founding member of the CEFS Board of Advisors. Michael Tiemann Mr. Tiemann founded the world's first open source software company in 1989, which means that for the past 24 years he has been trying to explain how one can make [...]
Second Annual Carolina Meat Conference a Huge Success!
Richard & Ronnie Huettman of Acre Station Meat Farm, 2012 Commercial Meat Processor of the Year The Second Annual NC Choices Carolina Meat Conference was held in early December 2012 in the beautiful and historic Winmock Dairy in Bermuda Run, NC. The conference was attended by over 380 producers, meat processors, food buyers and [...]
Cafeteria Taste-Testing
By Sarah Dixon, Gaston Cooperative Extension FoodCorps Service Member October's kale salad was a riotous affair, given that it was our first time doing the taste tests and the kids' first time seeing the garden teacher in the cafeteria offering things to eat in little plastic cups. A few kids surprised me by spreading rumors [...]
Winter Update from our CEFS Livestock Apprentice
By Rachael Kearns, CEFS Apprentice Rachael Kearns Rachael Kearns is CEFS' first primarily livestock-based apprentice. Her experience prior to the apprenticeship involved conducting research on animal behavior and physiology; however, it was through the apprenticeship that she discovered her passion for working on a dairy farm. She has applied to the combined DVM/PhD program [...]
SOSA Hits the Ground Running in 2013!
The Seasons of Sustainable Agriculture (SOSA) Workshop Series calendar is filling up fast! Normally, we ease into the workshop season, with the bulk of our workshops starting in early spring. Not this year -- we have hit the (cold) ground running! In January, we hosted a diverse group of workshops including Herbs, Microgreens and Edible [...]
Thank You Sponsors!
CEFS gratefully acknowledges the sponsors of the 2013 Sustainable Agriculture Lecture featuring Maya Wiley: Lead Sponsor: Visionary Sponsor: Sustaining Sponsors: The Support Center Sustainable Food NC NC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (NC SARE) Steward Sponsors: Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI-USA) Self-Help Credit Union Guardian Sponsors: Land Loss Prevention Project Feast Down East The Abundance [...]