Amazing Grazing Workshop
SAHC Community Farm 180 Mag Sluder Road, Alexander, NC, United StatesAmazing Grazing Workshop To Register: For more information or to register, contact Ethan Henderson at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension at 828-255-5522. Registration Deadline: September 21 Registration Payment: This workshop is FREE, but must preregister. Workshop Agenda: 5:30pm - Dinner 6:00pm to 8:00pm: Workshop Program Using Annual Forages in a Grazing System Improving Pasture Soil Health with Grazing Management Stockpiling Fescue [...]
Pasture to Plate: Pasture Management for Women Livestock Producers
NCSU Butner Beef Cattle Field Lab 8800 Cassam Road, Bahama, NC, United StatesPasture to Plate: Pasture Management for Women Livestock Producers Register Online: http://go.ncsu.edu/pasture-to-plate *** ALMOST SOLD OUT! ONLY 4 SPOTS LEFT! *** Registration Payment: Credit Cards: CEFS can now accept credit cards for your registration fees. Visit https://commerce.cashnet.com/NCSUCEFS, click on the “Pasture to Plate: Pasture Management for Women Livestock Producers” tab and follow the directions. (Note: If you [...]
NC Choices’ Women Working in the Meat Business
Orange County, NCWomen Working in the Meat Business Conference For more information visit: Women Working in the Meat Business Registration Information at: http://www.carolinameatconference.com/women-register Scholarship Information at: http://www.carolinameatconference.com/women-register Scholarship Deadline: Friday, August 5, 2016 at 11:59 pm [separator style_type="single|dashed" top_margin="20" bottom_margin="20" sep_color="" border_size="" icon="" icon_circle="" icon_circle_color="" width="" alignment="center" class="" id=""] Join us in expanding opportunities for women in the [...]
Artisanal, Safe and Efficient: The Way Forward for Dairy Producers
NC Agricultural and Technical State University - COLTRANE HALL 1601 E. Market Street, Greensboro, NC, United StatesArtisanal, Safe and Efficient: The Way Forward for Dairy Producers Register Online: http://go.ncsu.edu/dairy-haccp-reg Registration Deadline: Monday, October 3 Registration Payment Option: Credit Cards: CEFS can now accept credit cards for your registration fees. Visit https://commerce.cashnet.com/NCSUCEFS, click on the “Artisanal, Safe and Efficient: The Way Forward for Dairy Producers” tab and follow the directions. Checks: Please make checks [...]
ReFraming Food – Storying Work & Play
The Carrack Modern Art 947 East Main Streer, Durham, NC, United StatesReFraming Food - Storying Work & Play A photo exhibit by four youth groups working to advance a JUST food systems in North Carolina. GrowingChange, Transplanting Traditions, Conetoe Family Life Center, Poder Juvenil Campesino ------------------------------ The Food Youth Initiative (FYI) is a project housed at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) and carried out with many [...]
CEFS Author Series: Gary Nabhan Lecture- “Conservation You Can Taste: The Role of Ethnobiologists in the Collaborative Conservation of Food Diversity”
JC Raulston Arboretum 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, United StatesCEFS Author Series Presents: Gary Nabhan, Ethnobiologist - MacArthur Fellow and Kellogg Chair, University of Arizona This lecture, "Conservation You Can Taste: The Role of Ethnobiologists in the Collaborative Conservation of Food Diversity", will highlight the fundamental role ethnobiologists have played in conservation collaborations with indigenous communities, farmers, and chefs to revive and adapt traditional [...]
Postharvest Handling Workshop – Black Mountain – CANCELLED
New Sprout Organic Farms 190 Eastside Dr. , Black Mountain, NC, United StatesCANCELLED Postharvest Handling for Enhanced Shelf Life Workshop – Black Mountain Register Online: CANCELLED Registration Deadline: October 10, 2016 To download a printable flyer for this workshop, please click HERE. The economic success of fruit and vegetable production is highly dependent on postharvest quality preservation. When marketing fresh fruits and vegetables, understanding the processes affecting product [...]
Farm to Feast Dinner at the NC State Agroecology Education Farm – Raleigh, NC
NC State Agroecology Education Farm 4400 Mid Pines Road, Raleigh, NC, United StatesJoin us for our first annual Farm to Feast Dinner at the NC State Agroecology Education Farm. You can’t get any more local than this as nationally acclaimed NC State Dining chefs prepare a three-course feast with fall produce directly from the farm. Highlights include a tour of the farm, an interactive cooking demonstration from [...]
2016 Grassroots Leadership Conference – N.C. A&T, Greensboro NC
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Alumni-Foundation Event Center 200 N. Benbow Road, Greensboro, NC, United StatesRegistration is currently open for the 2016 Grassroots Leadership Conference! Theme: Community Leadership: Creating Young and Adult Partnerships Date: Thursday, November 3, 2016 Time: Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. | Program starts at 9 a.m. and concludes by 3 p.m. Location: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Alumni-Foundation Event Center 200 N. Benbow Road, [...]
Season Extension with High Tunnels – Maximizing Use & Increasing Profits – Jefferson, NC
Ashe County Cooperative Extension Center (and Area Farms) 134 Government Circle, Suite 202, Jefferson, NC, United StatesSeason Extension with High Tunnels - Maximizing Use & Producing Profits Register Online: http://go.ncsu.edu/season-extension-11-21-reg Registration Deadline: Thursday, November 17 Registration Payment Option: Credit Cards: CEFS can now accept credit cards for your registration fees. Visit https://commerce.cashnet.com/NCSUCEFS, click on the “Season Extension with High Tunnels (11/21 Jefferson, NC)” tab and follow the directions. Checks: Please make checks payable to “NC [...]