Dr. John M. O'Sullivan, Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Local and Community Food Systems at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) 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. Conferring the title of "Ambassador Extraordinary", [...]
The NC 10% Campaign, a CEFS initiative that 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 6700 individuals and 870 businesses among its supporters, has tracked more than $50 million in local foods purchases since [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
