Dear CEFS Friends,
I’m taking the opportunity to kick off the Fall 2013 CEFS e-newsletter and encourage you to browse the many interesting topics contained here. You’ll find research, outreach and engagement updates from CEFS’ programs across North Carolina. Welcome and enjoy!
In addition, I have the great honor of informing you of my recent (August 2013) induction into the North Carolina Order of the Long Leaf Pine. The Order is presented to those who have provided exemplary service to the citizens of North Carolina. It is quite an honor – one that I am very proud to have received – and one that I must share, since it reflects the work of so many.
Community service is our work and our passion. As my thirty years of working in rural North Carolina have unfolded, it was the pursuit of innovative solutions to the challenges facing agricultural producers, community members, and consumers interested in good, wholesome, healthy, foods that led me to this milestone. It was the work of all, and the successes coming from our CEFS partnerships that made it happen — and still make it happen every day.
The whole CEFS team deserves the recognition, and I thank each and every member of the CEFS and Extension families for the roles they all played in achieving this great honor!
Sincerely,
Dr. John O’Sullivan, CEFS Co- Director, NC A&T State University
From the September 2013 E-Newsletter