Lunch and Learn: Planning Your Farm or Garden

Virtual

CEFS and N.C. Cooperative Extension are happy to announce the Lunch & Learn Webinar Series for 2025.  Join Melissa Bell, CEFS Field Research, Education, and Outreach Liaison and John Lyttle, Agriculture Extension Agent, as they discuss content related to planning and site selection for food production. When: 12 p.m. -1 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2025 [...]

Lunch and Learn: Cool Season Maintenance

Virtual

CEFS and N.C. Cooperative Extension are happy to announce the Lunch & Learn Webinar Series for 2025.  Join Melissa Bell, CEFS Field Research, Education, and Outreach Liaison and John Lyttle, Agriculture Extension Agent, as they discuss methods for growing the highest-quality cool-season fruit and vegetables. When: 12 p.m. -1 p.m., Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Where: Zoom [...]

Lunch and Learn: Season Extension

Virtual

CEFS and N.C. Cooperative Extension are happy to announce the Lunch & Learn Webinar Series for 2025.  Join Melissa Bell, CEFS Field Research, Education, and Outreach Liaison and John Lyttle, Agriculture Extension Agent, as they discuss options for extending the growing seasons of common crops. When: 12 p.m. -1 p.m., Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Where: Zoom [...]

Food Truck Boot Camp

2260 Old Mission Rd 2260 Old Mission Rd, Whittier, NC, United States

The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems (EMFS) project and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Division of Commerce will be hosting a Food Truck Boot Camp in Cherokee, NC. This comprehensive training event, scheduled for November 17-20, 2025, is designed to provide aspiring food truck owners and entrepreneurs with knowledge and [...]

Lunch and Learn: Small Scale Fruit Production

Virtual

CEFS and N.C. Cooperative Extension are happy to announce the Lunch & Learn Webinar Series for 2025.  Join Melissa Bell, CEFS Field Research, Education, and Outreach Liaison and John Lyttle, Agriculture Extension Agent, as they discuss methods for producing the highest-quality berries and tree fruit. When: 12 p.m. -1 p.m., Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Where: Zoom [...]