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 [...]

Experiential Learning Program at CEFS Small Farm Unit for K-14 NC Educators and Administrators

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

Please apply to join us for a new project supporting NC full-time K-14 teachers, staff, and administrators to engage in a 5-day innovative agricultural experiential learning program at the CEFS Small Farm Unit in Goldsboro, NC. This training is open for all disciplines. Each group will consist of 15 participants. The program is funded by [...]

SLOW ART TOUR WITH GAIL

August 15 2024, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST   at NorthStar - Church of the Arts, Durham, N.C. REGISTER FOR THE SLOW ART TOUR HERE   

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 [...]

In-Between: Food and Workers Rights- A story sharing session

Please join the In-Between session led by community partner Rakaya  Nasir -Phillips. The topic will be: “Food and Workers Rights- A story sharing session ”. The invite to the meeting will be sent via email to past participants of CORE Racial Equity training. If you would like to be added to the list, please contact [...]

CORE Level I Racial Equity In-Person Training

Join us for a FULL 2 DAY workshop 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 and [...]

In-Between: Water is life

Please join the In-Between session. The topic will be: “Water is life”. The invite to the meeting will be sent via email to past participants of CORE Racial Equity training. If you would like to be added to the list, please contact CEFSCORE_INFO@NCSU.EDU. ________________________________ In Between sessions are our community of practice. We invite anyone [...]