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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Raleigh, NC, July 23, 2014 – Dr. Nancy Creamer, distinguished professor and director for the Center for Environmental Farming Systems in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State University, has been appointed to the board of the newly created USDA Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR). USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced in a news release the creation of [...]
