Media Coverage

Media coverage of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems. Links to outside media sources open in separate windows. For more information or media contacts, please contact us.

For media coverage from previous years, please refer to our media coverage archives.

2022 Media Coverage

DateTitleMedia OutletCEFS Initiative
12/9/2022Preserving History and Culture While Evolving to Meet New Needs: A Conversation With Chumper WalkerNC State Extension Local Food ProgramEmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems and NC State Extension Local Food Program
11/23/2022Young People Working for Food Justice in North CarolinaCivil EatsFood Youth Initiative
11/18/2022Growing Out The Local Food SystemWilmingtonBizCareer Pathways
11/15/2022Q&A: The benefits of participatory grant-makingMountain XPressEmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems and Community Food Strategies
11/4/2022Northeast NC Niche Agriculture Conference 2022...The EnterpriseNC Choices
10/31/2022First-ever Niche Ag Conference to highlight niche farmingThe Perquimans WeeklyNC Choices
10/29/2022Niche Market Ag Conference set
Bertie-Ledger AdvanceNC Choices
10/28/2022Northeast NC Niche Agriculture Conference set for Nov. 18Roanoke-Chowan News-HeraldNC Choices
10/26/2022Food Truck Boot Camp in Cherokee Nov. 7-10The Sylva Herald and RuraliteEmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems
10/27/2022Junior Livestock Sale of Champions sets record at $212,500Bladen OnlineNC Choices
10/24/2022Food truck boot camp happening in North CarolinaFoodTruckOperator.comEmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems
10/19/2022Food truck operator or thinking about breaking into the biz? Here's where to go, what to knowAsheville Citizen TimesEmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems
10/11/2022What’s new in food: Food Truck Boot Camp rolls into CherokeeMountain XPressEmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems
10/4/2022Giving Back to Her PackNC State CALSNewsFood Youth Initiative
10/4/2022Hacking plants? N.C. State Plant Science Initiative to host hackathon as it works to create more agtech entrepreneursTriangle InnoPlant Sciences Initiative
10/1/2022Northeast North Carolina Niche Agriculture Conference to bring full day of education and networking to BarcoThe Coastland TimesNC Choices
9/22/2022Farm entrepreneurs can get help growing their businessThe MountaineerEmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems
9/21/2022First NENC Niche Ag Conference set for Nov. 18The Daily AdvanceNC Choices
9/21/2022First annual Northeast North Carolina Niche Agriculture Conference set for November 18OBX TodayNC Choices
9/14/2022Agribusiness roundtable at SCCThe Sylva Herald and RuraliteEmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems
9/9/2022Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation gives $50,000 grant to Happy Roots
Salisbury PostFarm to School
9/7/2022Agroecology club promotes sustainability and service
TechnicianAgroecology Education Farm
8/26/2022GROW Residency for Mixed Media Artist Bevelyn Ukah Begins August 29
Greensboro North CarolinaFood Youth Initiative and CORE
8/8/2022The process of buying meat locally -- and why it might be more affordable than you think
WRAL NewsNC Choices
8/5/2022Developing Community-Based Solutions for a Resilient Food SystemfoodtankClimate Change
8/4/2022Developing Community-Based Solutions for a Resilient Food System
foodtankClimate Change
7/25/2022When Crops Eat First: Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers for Improved Nitrogen ManagementCrop and Soil Sciences NewsGreenhouse Gas Emission Monitoring Project
7/15/2022Dishing the Dirt: Landscape Color and Small FarmsWashington Daily NewsSFU
7/8/2022Meat Suite makes it easy to shop locally at an affordable priceWRALNC Choices
6/21/2022What’s new in food: Fostering farm and food relationshipsMountain XpressEMFS
6/13/2022NC Farm to Senior Services – the Start of a New SeasonNC State ExtensionNC Farm to Senior Services
6/6/20225 things you may not know about buying local meatWRALNC Choices
6/3/2022The process of buying meat locally -- and why it might be more affordable than you thinkWRALNC Choices
6/1/2022Buyers to meet growers at
WCU event		The Sylva HeraldEMFS
5/16/2022Meet the coalition working to get more locally grown food in N.C. schoolsEdNCFarm to School
5/13/2022Tackling the Plastic Waste Challenge Through DesignPlastics Unwrapped podcastN.C. A&T
5/7/2022Produce program teaches healthy habitsCherokee One FeatherEMFS
5/5/2022North Carolina Youth Food Initiative Brings Young People into Social TransformationThe Leading Voices in Food PodcastFYI
5/5/2022Bird flu is driving up the price of more than just eggs and poultryCBS NewsN.C. A&T
4/27/2022Food strategy meeting slated for May 3 at SCCThe Sylva HeraldEMFS, CFS
4/20/2022Producing a Healthier CherokeeCherokee One FeatherEMFS
4/6/2022An outbreak of bird flu is pushing poultry prices higherNPRN.C. A&T
4/5/2022Implementing Produce Rx Programs in WNC: A Conversation With Jessica MrugalaLocal Food PortalEMFS
3/29/2022Small North Carolina farms find profitability in climate resilienceEnvironmental Defense FundN.C. A&T
3/25/2022Robeson County Couple Named 2022 Small Farmers of the YearN.C. A&T N.C. A&T
3/22/2022Inhibit seedheads to realize pasture potentialHay and Forage GrowerAmazing Grazing
3/21/2022Why corn struggles with cover cropsSuccessful FarmingCover Crop
3/19/2022Digital platform, epoultry appoints Prof Liang , expand operations in AfricaVanguardN.C. A&T
3/16/2022Program to bring healthy foods to farmworkers, EBCIThe Sylva HeraldEMFS
3/2/2022What does the state of the union mean for children, families and communities?Every Child ThrivesFarm to ECE
2/17/2022USDA announces new Equity Commission The EagleCORE
2/15/2022GCC, UGA Extension Remind Growers About the Importance of Soil SamplingSoutheast AgNetFSRU
2/10/2022Learn about beef and enjoy a sundaeAmerican AgriculturistNC Choices
2/5/2022Small Business Center to host virtual agribusiness seriesThe MountaneerEMFS
2/4/2022Fresh food, fresh approachesThe Mt Airy NewsNC Choices
1/31/2022Food truck rodeo coming to Harrah’s CherokeeCherokee One FeatherEMFS
1/26/2022Women-owned Food Truck Event Coming to Cherokee Smoky Mountain NewsEMFS
1/12/2022Workshop focuses on financials, markets for specialty vegetablesThe Warren RecordN.C. A&T