Press Release

Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ Food Youth Initiative Wins NC State University’s Opal Mann Green Engagement Award

August 9, 2016: For Immediate Release Media Contact: Tes Thraves, CEFS Youth and Community-Based Food Systems Coordinator, tes_thraves@ncsu.edu or 919-619-8897 Raleigh, NC: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ Food Youth Initiative (FYI) has been awarded the 2016 Opal Mann Green Engagement award by NC State University’s Office of Outreach & Engagement. The award recognizes leadership and [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:07-05:00August 9th, 2016|Food Youth Initiative, Press Release|

Center for Environmental Farming Systems Linking Universities and Farms with New Grant from USDA’s Small and Medium-sized Farm Program

May 31, 2016: For Immediate Release Media Contact: Rebecca Dunning, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Environmental Farming Systems – rddunnin@ncsu.edu or 919-389-2220. Raleigh, NC: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems, a partnership of North Carolina State University (NC State), North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T), and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:17-05:00May 31st, 2016|Press Release, UFOODS|

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation awards $50,000 to Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ NC 10% Campaign

Two-year grant to develop local food markets at NC colleges and universities for low-resourced farmers Raleigh, NC (March 17, 2016) – Trustees of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation have awarded a grant to the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) to support the NC 10% Campaign’s efforts to create more markets for low-resourced farmers by [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:21-05:00March 17th, 2016|NC 10% Campaign, Press Release|

CEFS’ NC Choices Director Sarah Blacklin Recognized by Farm Credit in National Search for 100 Fresh Perspectives Shaping Rural America and Agriculture

March 15, 2016: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RALEIGH, North Carolina -- Sarah Blacklin, Program Director of NC Choices, is among the visionaries being recognized nationally through Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives, a search to identify and honor 100 leaders who are changing rural communities and agriculture for the better. NC Choices is an initiative of the [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:22-05:00March 15th, 2016|NC Choices, Press Release|

Southern Region Cover Crop Conference Set for July 18-19, 2016

February 24, 2016: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GOLDSBORO, North Carolina -- Mark your calendar for a two-day comprehensive cover crop conference for the South. Put on by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) and the Southern region Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education (SARE) program, the event takes place July 18-19, 2016 at two locations in [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:23-05:00February 24th, 2016|Press Release|

NC Growing Together to Bring Local Food Supply Chain Together at N.C. A&T

February 18, 2016: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The annual meeting of the North Carolina Growing Together project is hosted this year by The Cooperative Extension Program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The program begins at noon, Wednesday, Feb. 24 at Coltrane Hall. NC Growing Together is a five-year (2013-2017) USDA-funded project that works [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:24-05:00February 18th, 2016|NC Growing Together, Press Release|

Carolina Meat Conference Brings Entire Meat Supply Chain Together, Highlights Emerging Opportunities in New Markets

September 15, 2015: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Where else can you find James Beard Award-winning chef Andrea Reusing and Emmy Award-winning chef Vivian Howard rubbing shoulders with internationally-renowned pasture management advocate Allan Savory, alongside master butchers, commercial meat processors, and hundreds of rural livestock producers – all in the same room? “There is nothing else like [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:32-05:00September 15th, 2015|NC Choices, Press Release|

Food Access in North Carolina Gets Major Funding

August 24, 2015: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greensboro, NC: A $750,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will help get to the root of food system inequities influenced by structural racism, in a project being led by The Cooperative Extension Program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in conjunction with the Center for Environmental [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:32-05:00August 24th, 2015|Food System Committee on Racial Equity, Press Release|

CEFS Grows “Pasture to Process” Programs for Livestock Producers with New Coordinators for Amazing Grazing and NC Choices Initiatives

May 19, 2015: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Raleigh, NC: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems is strengthening its capacity to serve North Carolina livestock producers by expanding its Amazing Grazing and NC Choices teams. Johnny Rogers will be Amazing Grazing’s new coordinator. Based at CEFS’ Pasture-Based Beef Unit, Amazing Grazing is a statewide educational initiative that [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:33-05:00May 19th, 2015|Amazing Grazing, NC Choices, Press Release|

CEFS Staff Honored for Outreach and Engagement Efforts

April 28, 2015: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Raleigh, NC: Several NC State-based staff from the Center for Environmental Farming Systems were honored recently for their outreach and engagement efforts. Awards were presented at the annual NC State Outreach and Engagement Awards Celebration on April 13. NC Choices Program Manager Sarah Blacklin was presented with the NC [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:34-05:00April 28th, 2015|Press Release|