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Dr. John M. O’Sullivan, Co-Director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Governor McCrory

August 9, 2013: For Immediate Release Raleigh, NC: Dr. John M. O’Sullivan, Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Local and Community Food Systems at NC Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&TSU) and Co-Director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), has been awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory. [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:26-05:00August 9th, 2013|Press Release|

NC 10% Campaign Reaches $40 Million in Local Foods Purchases

RALEIGH, August 5, 2013: The NC 10% Campaign, which encourages all North Carolina individuals and businesses to spend 10% of their existing food dollars on locally-produced food, has hit a big milestone. The Campaign, which counts over 6500 individuals and 850 businesses among its supporters, has tracked $40 million in local foods purchases since July [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:27-05:00August 5th, 2013|NC 10% Campaign, Press Release|

Message From the Directors

Welcome to the June 2013 e-news! Below you'll meet some of our wonderful CEFS people: our Board Chair, Cheryl Queen; our new apprentices; and our new Small Farm Unit Manager. You'll also read about some of our ongoing work including our recent Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat, the cutting-edge research happening at our 2000-acre [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:29-05:00June 25th, 2013|E-News|

NC Growing Together: Across NC, Networking and Educational Efforts Connect Small and Mid-sized Farmers with Larger Markets

This is the first in a series of articles about NC Growing Together, a statewide project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, grant #2012-68004-20363. Joe Rowland has been farming for 3 years at the Alma C. Lomax Incubator Farm in Cabarrus County. There, he farms about ½ [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:29-05:00June 25th, 2013|E-News, NC Growing Together|

CEFS Farming Systems Research Unit Home to Greenhouse Gas, Water Quality Research

CEFS’ Farming Systems Research Unit (FSRU) is one of seven research units at CEFS’ 2000-acre research facility in Goldsboro, NC. Situated on approximately 81 hectares (200+ acres) of pastures, woodlands, and permanent agricultural land, the unit houses a long-term, large-scale interdisciplinary study of five different systems: 1) Best Management Practices (BMP) in a Conventional Cash [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:30-05:00June 25th, 2013|E-News, Farming Systems Research Unit|

Board Member Spotlight: Cheryl Queen

Cheryl Queen Cheryl Queen, Chair of the CEFS Board of Advisors, leads communication and corporate affairs for Compass Group USA, the leading contract food and support services company with annual revenue of $12 billion. Within that role she has also shaped the company's corporate responsibility initiatives including support of family farms and local economies, [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:31-05:00June 25th, 2013|Board Member, E-News|

CEFS and Community Partners to Convene First Statewide Youth Food Advisory Council

Youth Food Advisory Council members and adult allies at FYI's first training gathering, Storytelling as a Tool for Advocacy, March 2013 CEFS, in cooperation with various community partners, is piloting a statewide youth food advisory council to support the development of youth networks and train youth in capacity-building for food advocacy work. The effort [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:33-05:00June 25th, 2013|E-News|

CEFS Welcomes Marisa Benzle, New Small Farm Unit Manager

CEFS is excited to welcome Marisa Benzle, former Small Farm Unit Apprentice, back to CEFS as the Small Farm Unit Manager. Here, Marisa tells us about what has inspired her sustainable agriculture journey, from Ohio to CEFS to The Gambia, West Africa, and back. Marisa did her Peace Corps service in The Gambia, [...]

CEFS2020-02-25T12:24:32-05:00June 25th, 2013|E-News|

Farmhand Foods Has a New Name

From Firsthand Foods Beginning May 1st, Durham-based Farmhand Foods officially changed its name to Firsthand Foods. A CEFS-incubated business, Farmhand Foods launched in 2010 with a food truck, known around town as the Sausage Wagon. Since then, the company has grown into a sizeable wholesale distributor of high-quality, local, pasture-raised meats. In late 2011, Farmhand [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:34-05:00June 25th, 2013|E-News|

New Transplants at CEFS: Small Farm Unit Apprentices!

The Small Farm Unit at CEFS' 2000-acre research facility in Goldsboro, NC is growing a new crop -- of apprentices! Here, we welcome the new apprentices to CEFS and let them introduce themselves. Mary Claire Curtis: I am a native Texan, but have lived mostly in central Pennsylvania. My affinity for nature began at an [...]

CEFS2020-02-25T12:24:37-05:00June 25th, 2013|E-News|

The Center for Environmental Farming Systems is a partnership of North Carolina State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

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