CEFS Research Associate Silvana Pietrosemoli shows off finished compost full of red wriggler worms. CEFS' new Composting Unit is up and running! Since 2011, CEFS has been composting waste products from the swine hoop houses and spreading the resulting compost on various fields across the research farm. The work is done by NCDA&CS farm [...]

Brooks AM, Danehower DA, Murphy JP, Reberg-Horton SC, and Burton JD. Estimation of heritability of benzoxazinoid production in rye (Secale cereale) using gas chromatographic analysis. Plant Breeding (Ahead of Print). doi:10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01885.x Cubbage F, Glenn V, Mueller JP, Myers R, Luginbuhl JM, and Myers R. Early tree growth, crop yields, and estimated returns for an agroforestry [...]

Winter Greetings from CEFS! We are very happy to report that a number of our local foods initiatives are blossoming within the North Carolina Cooperative Extension organization. NC State University and NC Agricultural & Technical State University - our home bases - see the consumer demand for local foods and the engagement of so many [...]

Goats have been spotted at CEFS' 2000-acre research farm in Goldsboro, NC! The new Pasture-Based Meat Goat Unit has been developed on roughly 5 acres of land and includes a herd of Boer females that are being bred with Boer and Kiko bucks. Boer is a South African breed and Kiko was selected intensively from [...]

By Callie Herron, CEFS' Small Farm Unit Winter Apprentice Callie with the Small Farm Unit's weekly harvest. The constant presence of new life and death on farm has had a profound impact on my life. I have felt a baby calf inside its mother, have seen calves enter the world, take their [...]

Busha building new chicken houses at the Small Farm Unit. CEFS is happy to welcome back Bryan "Busha" Green as its Small Farm Manager. The Small Farm Unit is one of eight research units at CEFS' 2000-acre field facility in Goldsboro, NC. Busha was previously CEFS' Small Farm Manager from 2003 to [...]