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CEFS Registered Apprenticeships Interest Sessions
VirtualCome learn about the Center for Environmental Farming Systems' two registered apprenticeship programs with new cohorts beginning in 2024. Boots on the Ground: North Carolina’s Veteran Farmer Registered Apprenticeship Sustainable Vegetable Production Registered Apprenticeship We are offering Interest Sessions (on Zoom) on the following dates. Register here for the Zoom interest sessions. 2023 Interest Sessions: [...]
Visioning our Food Future Food Forums
Please join us for conversations on how to improve food access and food entrepreneurship in your region. Come out to one of the four February events at convenient locations near you in Bladen, Columbus, and Robeson counties. Community ideas from months of listening will be showcased for feedback. We want to hear how you are [...]
Lunch and Learn: Tree Fruits – Planting, Variety Selection, Pruning and Disease Control
Join us for a one hour zoom webinar on various gardening topics hosted by Melissa Bell, CEFS Field Research, Education and Outreach Liaison and John Lyttle, Agriculture Extension Agent. When: 12 p.m. -1 p.m., Tuesday, March 19th Where: Zoom Click here to register.
NC State Day of Giving
Mark your calendar for Wednesday, March 20, 2024 for NC State Day of Giving. CEFS is participating as part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) team. NC State Day of Giving is an annual, daylong fundraising event. For 24 hours, the Wolfpack comes together to help NC State achieve more: greater opportunities, [...]
Lunch and Learn: Seasonal Maintenance of Major Fruit and Vegetable Crops
VirtualJoin us for a one hour zoom webinar on various gardening topics hosted by Melissa Bell, CEFS Field Research, Education and Outreach Liaison and John Lyttle, Agriculture Extension Agent. When: 12 p.m. -1 p.m., Tuesday, April 23rd Where: Zoom Click here to register.
Art Call FOR UPROOT 2024 SUMMER EVENT SHOWCASE
OPEN: May 15 - CLOSE: June 14, 2024 (**This deadline has been extended.) CEFS Committee on Racial Equity in the Food System (CORE)’s “Art as Method,” in collaboration with DurmPAC, invites local BIPOC artists and community members of all ages and spaces to submit art pieces for the upcoming show, “UPROOT: BIPOC Visions of Our [...]
Farm to Fork Picnic Triangle 2024
Fearrington Village 500 Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro, NC, United StatesJoin us for the 2024 Farm to Fork Picnic - A Delicious Way to Support the Next Generation of Food and Ag Leaders!
Lunch and Learn: Incorporating Agroforestry and Food Forests into your Landscape or Farm
VirtualJoin us for a one hour zoom webinar on various gardening topics hosted by Melissa Bell, CEFS Field Research, Education and Outreach Liaison and John Lyttle, Agriculture Extension Agent. When: 12 p.m. -1 p.m., Tuesday, June 18th Where: Zoom Click here to register.
Small Farm Unit Field Day
CEFS Small Farm Unit 9XX9+8Q Goldsboro, North Carolina, Goldsboro, NC, United StatesJoin us for a Field Day at the Small Farm Unit to learn about our work with specialty vegetable crops, cover crops and soil-building practices, biodegradable mulch, beekeeping, and more. When: Thursday, July 11, 2024 (1-8pm) & Friday, July 12, 2024 (8am-2pm) Where: Center for Environmental Farming Systems Small Farm Unit 400 Old Smithfield Rd [...]
CEFS CORE UPROOT: BIPOC VISIONS OF OUR FOOD SYSTEM Opening Ceremony
Saturday, July 13th 2024 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Event address will be sent to those registered. CEFS C.O.R.E. ( Committee on Racial Equity in the Food System) is excited to present, UPROOT: BIPOC Voices in Our Food System *** IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND, complete registration HERE TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE [...]