Farm to School: Racial Equity Session 4 – Curriculum / School Meals

Farm to School: Racial Equity Session 4 Curriculum / School Meals How do we translate what we’ve learned into learning opportunities for the classroom? and/or for our School Nutrition programs? How can we evaluate our programs and opportunities to ensure they are culturally responsive? REGISTER HERE   Note: If you are interested in the [...]

Food Truck Boot Camp

Join us this fall for our Food Truck Boot Camp! Tap into an incredible variety of resources, trainings, and assistance available to you over this week-long event. Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/food-truck-boot-camp-tickets-404684641657    

Farm to School: Racial Equity Session 5 – Community Praxis Sharing in Farm to School

Farm to School: Racial Equity Session 5 Community Praxis Sharing in Farm to School Students and teams sharing How do we utilize our power in our local context to bring about change? How do we utilize collaboration to bring out change? How do we embody anti-racism work in our roles as educators & community members? [...]

Getting Started with Agritourism

Haywood Community College Small Business Center

Monday, January 09, 2023 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern Location: Haywood Community College Small Business Center, HCC Regional High Tech Center Join an optional farm tour after the sessions at Jehovah Raah Farm and Smoky Mountain Mangalitsa Farm-  must pre-register for full session   Agritourism is a growing sector of the local agriculture economy. This [...]

CORE Level 1 (Virtual)

CORE Level 1 This learning opportunity offers a shared language, framework, and history for understanding how barriers inhibit equity in the food system. The discussion will help set meaningful goals and strategies to ensure racial equity in farm & food programs and policy. When: February 7th and 8th Where: Virtual Click here to register.

Agritourism Panel

Southwestern Community College Small Business Center

Thursday, February 09, 2023 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern Location: Southwestern Community College Small Business Center Founders room #125 Join an optional farm tour before the sessions at JAAR Farms-  must pre-register for full session Agritourism is a growing sector of the local agriculture economy. This in-person seminar presented by EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems [...]

2023 High Tunnel Winter Vegetable

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

Join Dr. Sanjun Gu (Horticulture Extension Specialist at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University) on February 10th at the Small Farm Unit in Goldsboro, NC to learn about winter crops and season extension in high tunnels.

Agroforestry for Carbon Sequestration (Webinar)

Empowering Mountain Food Systems commissioned Carbon Harvest to work with Temperance Farm as a pilot farm in their groundbreaking carbon sequestration project. Now, join Mari Stuart, Meredith Leigh, and Tom Krome on February 13 at 6:30 pm for a webinar class on agroforestry for carbon sequestration! Intentional incorporation of trees and woody shrubs into agricultural [...]

Racial Equity and Seeds

Please join the In-Between session led by community members, Josie Walker and Cynde Allen. The topic will be racial equity and seeds. The invite will be sent via email to past participants of CORE Racial Equity learning opportunities. If you would like to be added to the list, please contact Bevelyn Ukah at baukah@ncsu.edu. ________________________________ [...]