Posts for the CEFS Agrophile Blog.
To align with recent federal requirements, the Center for Environmental Farming Systems is conducting a review of website content related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As a result, you may notice changes to certain pages of our website effective February 21, 2025.
In response to the devastation of the WNC region, EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems (EMFS), an initiative of CEFS, awarded $100,000 of its small business grant funds to assist farmers impacted by Hurricane Helene.
Many faculty and staff affiliated with the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) participated in the 2025 North Carolina Cooperative Extension Conference, held January 6-8 in Greensboro, NC.
On February 24, 2024 Greensboro Mutual Aid (GMA) unveiled their second Freedom Fridge and hosted their Really Really Free Market at the East White Oak Community Center (EWOCC).
On February 24, 2024 Greensboro Mutual Aid (GMA) unveiled their second Freedom Fridge and hosted their Really Really Free Market at the East White Oak Community Center (EWOCC).
Celebramos a las cofundadoras Cleaster Cotton (conservacionista cultural, inventora de los códigos ALNUGE, educadora, agricultora, autora y artista) y Cynde Allen (herborista, agricultora, educadora y artista). Su trabajo se enfoca en revitalizar la interdependencia comunitaria y es un llamado conmovedor a recuperar las prácticas indígenas y recordar las tradiciones culturales dentro de los sistemas alimentarios a través del arte y la agricultura.
We celebrate WNC EarthMates co-founders Cleaster Cotton (Cultural Conservationist, ALNUGE Codes Inventor, Educator, Farmer, Author, and Artist) and Cynde Allen (Herbalist, Farmer, Educator, and Artist). Their work is fixed in reinvigorating communal interdependence and is a soulful call to reclaim indigenous practices and recall cultural traditions within food systems through art and agriculture.
Este Mes de la Historia de la Mujer celebramos a mujeres como la Dra. Niesha Douglas, investigadora comunitaria y coautora de “Everybody Eats: Communication and the Paths to Food Justice.”
This Women's History Month, we celebrate women like Dr. Niesha Douglas, Community Based Researcher and Co-Author of “Everybody Eats: Communication and the Paths to Food Justice.”
In a groundbreaking initiative to bridge racial equity and institutional change related to food systems, a group of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BlPOC) food systems researchers, artists, and visionary leaders are facilitating a transformative community research journey known as "Art as Method."
