Lunch and Learn: Seasonal Maintenance of Major Fruit and Vegetable Crops

Virtual

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, April 23rd Where: Zoom Click here to register.

Farm to Fork Picnic Triangle 2024

Fearrington Village 500 Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro, NC, United States

Join us for the 2024 Farm to Fork Picnic - A Delicious Way to Support the Next Generation of Food and Ag Leaders!

CANCELLED – Small Farm Unit Field Day

CEFS Small Farm Unit 9XX9+8Q Goldsboro, North Carolina, Goldsboro, NC, United States

CANCELLED DUE TO DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS Join 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 [...]

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 [...]

2024 NC Choices Carolina Meat Conference

Appalachian State University Boone, NC, United States

The Carolina Meat Conference supports a growing community committed to supporting sustainable food production through fostering regenerative production practices, advancing market opportunities, and increasing customer access to pasture-based meats.

Lunch and Learn: Growing and Maintenance of Common Fall and Winter Crops

Virtual

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, August 20th Where: Zoom Click here to register.

Free

Silvopasture Tours, North Carolina

Join us on September 5, 2024, to visit a beef / tall fescue / pine silvopasture in Burgaw, North Carolina and on September 6, 2024, to visit a beef / native-warm season grasses / pine and cherry bark oak silvopasture at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Space limited to [...]

The Role of Underserved Producers in the Bioeconomy Open Forum

N.C. A&T University Farm Pavilion, 3020 McConnell Road Greensboro, NC 27401 3020 McConnell Road, Greensboro, NC

Please join Dr. Kathleen Liang, CEFS Director based at N.C. A&T, for a FREE interactive open forum to learn more about Bioeconomy and its impacts on underserved farmers/communities with USDA and field experts. Risk management and crop insurance will also be discussed on September 19, 2024, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the N.C. A&T University Farm Pavilion (3020 McConnell Road, [...]

CORE Level 1 (Virtual)

Join us for a FULL 2 DAY learning opportunity that will offer a shared language, a shared framework, and a shared history for understanding how barriers inhibit equity in the food system. Our goal is for this training to assist with setting meaningful goals and strategies to ensure racial equity in farm & food programs [...]