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|

CEFS Co-Director Dr. Nancy Creamer Appointed to Board of USDA Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research

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 [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:07-05:00July 23rd, 2014|Press Release|

CEFS Summer Sustainable Agriculture Internship Program Brings Students from Around the World to Goldsboro

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2014 Goldsboro, NC – The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) is hosting students from across the country and around the world at its Goldsboro research farm this summer. Twelve undergraduate students from North Carolina, Virginia, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania – and as far away as Brazil, Croatia, and South Korea [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:08-05:00June 11th, 2014|Press Release|

NC Choices Presents the Third Annual Carolina Meat Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2013: 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 niche [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:12-05:00October 30th, 2013|NC Choices, Press Release|

Shorlette Ammons Awarded Food Equity Fellowship from the Center for Social Inclusion

September 23, 2013: For Immediate Release Raleigh, NC: 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 [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:25-05:00September 23rd, 2013|Press Release|

CEFS Announces Internal Staffing Changes

September 20, 2013: For Immediate Release Raleigh, NC: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) is pleased to announce that Teisha Wymore will begin serving as the new Farm to Fork Action Plan Operations Manager, effective immediately. Ms. Wymore has served CEFS in several capacities over the last few years, most recently as the State [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:26-05:00September 20th, 2013|NC 10% Campaign, Press Release|

Dr. John M. O’Sullivan, Co-Director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Governor McCrory

August 9, 2013: For Immediate Release Raleigh, NC: Dr. John M. O’Sullivan, Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Local and Community Food Systems at NC Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&TSU) 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. [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:26-05:00August 9th, 2013|Press Release|

NC 10% Campaign Reaches $40 Million in Local Foods Purchases

RALEIGH, August 5, 2013: The NC 10% Campaign, which 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 6500 individuals and 850 businesses among its supporters, has tracked $40 million in local foods purchases since July [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:27-05:00August 5th, 2013|NC 10% Campaign, Press Release|

Center for Environmental Farming Systems Releases Community and Local Government Guide to Developing Local Food Systems

RALEIGH, May 31, 2013: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) has released a new guide entitled A Community and Local Government Guide to Developing Local Food Systems in North Carolina. The guide is intended to help communities and local governments realize the benefits of creating and supporting local food systems in their areas. In [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:39-05:00June 5th, 2013|Press Release|

Farm to Fork Picnic Benefits New, Beginning Farmers

RALEIGH, May 31, 2013: Will Cramer is the successful farm manager behind Ever Laughter Farm just north of Hillsborough. He and his business partner Sam Hummel, along with friends and interns, cultivate nearly 40 different vegetable crops year-round on 4 acres, and sell at four weekly farmers’ markets. But when Cramer was starting out five years [...]

CEFS2016-11-26T09:32:40-05:00May 31st, 2013|Farm to Fork, Press Release|