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|

NC 10% Campaign Receives Funding to Increase Local Foods, Purchasing at Minority-Serving Universities

April 8, 2015: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Raleigh, NC: The NC 10% Campaign, an initiative of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, has been awarded a two-year, $78,547 grant from the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education - Professional Development Program (SARE-PDP) of the United States Department of Agriculture. The grant was awarded through North Carolina Agricultural [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:35-05:00April 8th, 2015|NC 10% Campaign, Press Release|

NC Choices Releases Video Series on Processing Local Meats in NC

Raleigh, NC: NC Choices, an initiative of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems that promotes the advancement of local, niche and pasture-based meat supply chains, has released a six-part video series on processing local meat products in NC. The videos are intended to illustrate some of the services available at small-scale processing facilities that can [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:36-05:00April 7th, 2015|NC Choices, Press Release|

Farm to Fork Expands to Three-Day Weekend and Hosts Award-Winning Author Paul Greenberg

Events To Raise Funds for New Farmer Training Programs and Shine Light on Sustainable Fishing and Farming Needs in North Carolina and Nationwide FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2015 RALEIGH, NC: Farm to Fork announced today its expansion from a single event, the Farm to Fork Picnic, into a three-day weekend of events that will [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:37-05:00March 31st, 2015|Farm to Fork, Press Release|

CEFS’ Initiative Helps Niche Meat Business Sector Take Root in NC

NC Choices Advances Local, Niche and Pasture-based Meat Supply Chains FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 19, 2015 RALEIGH, NC: James West's family raised hogs outdoors for generations. West's father stopped in 1992 when industry consolidation drove hog production indoors. Two decades later, the economics for small-scale hog production are becoming more favorable as markets respond to [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:39-05:00March 19th, 2015|NC Choices, Press Release|

Center for Environmental Farming Systems Announces over $2.5 million in Competitive Grant Funding to Support Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 31, 2014 RALEIGH, NC: Researchers at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) have received 3 separate grants totaling more than $2.5 million since July 2014 to support research and education at CEFS’ 2000-acre research farm in Goldsboro and on farms across the state. In September, CEFS researchers were awarded $1,415,833 [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:31:48-05:00October 31st, 2014|Press Release|

Center for Environmental Farming Systems to Celebrate Twentieth Anniversary with Sustainable Agriculture Pioneer Fred Kirschenmann

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2014 Raleigh, NC: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), one of the nation’s foremost centers for research, extension, and education in sustainable agriculture and local food systems, will be hosting sustainable agriculture pioneer Fred Kirschenmann as part of its twentieth anniversary special events. Mr. Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow at the [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:04-05:00September 12th, 2014|Annual Sustainable Agriculture Lecture, Press Release|

Center for Environmental Farming Systems Celebrating Twentieth Anniversary with October 17 SOILbration: Healthy Soils, Healthy Farms, Healthy Food

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 8, 2014 Raleigh, NC: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), one of the nation’s foremost centers for research, extension, and education in sustainable agriculture and local food systems, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2014 with special programs and events. On Friday, October 17, CEFS is partnering with the Natural [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:05-05:00September 8th, 2014|Press Release|

CEFS’ Community-Based Food Systems Outreach Coordinator Shorlette Ammons Releases Critical Analysis of Gender, Race and the Food System, Shining a Light in Dark Places: Raising Up the Work of Southern Women of Color in the Food System

RALEIGH, NC, August 5, 2014: Shorlette Ammons, CEFS’ Community-Based Food Systems Outreach Coordinator, has produced a report on gender, race, and the food system entitled Shining a Light in Dark Places: Raising Up the Work of Southern Women of Color in the Food System. The work was completed as part of a year-long Food Equity [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:06-05:00August 5th, 2014|Press Release|