Past E-News & CEFS Happenings
Welcome to the E-News archive of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems. Whether you’re just curious about what we’ve been up to through the years or you’re looking for a specific announcement or article that has come and gone, this is the place to read about it. Here is a list of our recent e-Newsletters:
View a summary list of our e-Newsletters before 2014.
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Board Member Spotlight: Anya Gordon
Arthur and Anya Gordon at the Farm to Fork Picnic Anya Gordon, co-owner of Raleigh's Irregardless Café and Catering with her husband Arthur Gordon, has been on the CEFS board since 2010. Opened in [...]
Save the Date! NC Choices’ Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat, Nov 9-11
Join 30 women livestock farmers, butchers, processors, chefs, and professionals for two days and nights of hands-on learning with lead instructor and James Beard Award nominee Kari Underly, a third generation meat cutter and inventor [...]
NC State’s Agroecology Education Farm is Growing!
CEFS collaborates with the NC State Agroecology Minor Program and its growing Agroecology Education Farm (AEF), which provides hands-on education about agroecology and sustainable agriculture to NC State students, staff, faculty and the surrounding community. [...]
Happy Birthday to Us: CEFS Turns 20!
A special CEFS e-news dedicated to our twentieth anniversary CEFS' roots were planted in 1994, when a small circle of leaders in sustainable agriculture came together with the vision of creating a center for the [...]
CEFS Kicks Off 20th Anniversary at Special Reception Featuring Dr. Ricardo Salvador
Dr. Nancy Creamer, CEFS Co-Director from NC State; Dr. Ricardo Salvador; Dr. John M. O'Sullivan, CEFS Co-Director from NC A&T; and Dr. William Randle, Dean of the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at [...]
FoodCorps North Carolina and Farm-to-School: A Recipe for Healthy Kids
In honor of CEFS' 20th anniversary, this is the first in a series of stories exploring the impact that CEFS has made on the state of North Carolina and beyond. Radishes! Sitting around a [...]
Upcoming Events
FARM TO FORK PICNIC: June 8 Buy your ticket now! Join a remarkable group of Piedmont farmers & cooks for an evening of food, live music, & fun....and discover why Bon Appetit magazine called Farm to [...]
Holiday Greetings from CEFS!
Dear Friend, Greetings from the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS). We hope this letter finds you well, as another busy year winds down for all of us. As we write this, we are preparing [...]
Message From the Directors
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' [...]
CEFS Co-Director Dr. John M. O’Sullivan Awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Governor McCrory
Dr. John M. O'Sullivan, Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Local and Community Food Systems at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) and Co-Director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), has been [...]