Thanks to a generous charitable contribution from PNC Bank, the NC Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) Initiative will host its first Farm to ECE “2.0” Institute for past Farm to ECE Collaborative participants, farmers and Extension agents. This Institute will take place Sept. 10, 2022, at the NC County Extension office in Guilford County.
We are pleased to announce the recipients of our 2021-2022 North Carolina State University Graduate Student Fellowships. Read about the Fellows and their research.
We are hiring a Community-Based Food Systems Research Scholar to work with a multi-partner team: North Carolina (NC) Cooperative Extension, the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), and P1tLab
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University are seeking a temporary apprentice to serve the needs of the Small Farm Unit in Goldsboro, NC, in the development and delivery of research and educational programs. The CEFS Apprentice supports the core mission of CEFS and Cooperative [...]
Read the North Carolina Digital Story on Every Child Thrives, "Building Community-Based, Equitable Food Systems in North Carolina Through Farm to Early Care and Education," about the work, successes and innovation of the Farm to Early Care and Education (Farm to ECE) initiative. This CEFS initiative works to link early care and education centers to local farmers [...]
CEFS' Supply Chain Internship supports local food hubs in increasing their capacity to connect farmers with institutional markets. The Farm to Senior Services (F2SS) program is based in three pilot counties across North Carolina and aims to increase local food procurement in county-based senior food services. During summer 2021, three supply chain interns were based at different food hubs where they improved their professional skills while moving the goals of the pilot program forward.
We are pleased to announce the recipients of our 2021-2022 North Carolina State University Graduate Student Fellowships. Read about the Fellows and their research.
In 2020, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services & NC Choices mobilized to address meat supply chain bottlenecks by providing funding and technical assistance to processors.
The Small Farm Unit completed the summer season of vegetable direct seeding and transplanting to the certified organic plot. Spring crops are still growing strong in the upper field. The summer crops are exceeding the production expectation. There will be two plots for organic flowers and one plot for organic vegetables in the fall.
Field trips are part of the many educational activities designed for the ASPIRE interns. The students are integrating their research-focused internships with these unique learning opportunities that will provide them with a holistic understanding of what agricultural research means in the lab, on the field, and through the local food supply chain.
