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:
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NC Growing Together Project Sponsors Nation’s First Local Foods-Focused Business School Supply Chain Fellowships
2013 Supply Chain Fellows. Sebastian is sixth from right in blue striped shirt, and Jessica is fourth from right in dark blue shirt. The NC Growing Together (NCGT) project and NC State's Poole College [...]
Shorlette Ammons Awarded Food Equity Fellowship from the Center for Social Inclusion
Shorlette Ammons Shorlette Ammons, CEFS' Community-Based Food Systems Outreach Coordinator, has been awarded a one year Food Equity fellowship by the Center for Social Inclusion (CSI). Based in New York, CSI is a national [...]
CEFS is Working to Help Build the Food System in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area!
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP), Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), and Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) are partnering with the Centralina Council of Governments and the Catawba Regional Council of Governments to support CONNECT [...]
CEFS’ Farm to Fork Action Plan Operations Manager, Teisha Wymore, Learns about Agriculture and Sustainable Tourism in Cuba
Teisha hard at work! Teisha Wymore, CEFS' Farm to Fork Action Plan Operation Manager, recently visited Cuba as part of a summer study abroad course in Sustainable Tourism development. Through the program, offered by [...]
Welcome Evan Taylor!
Evan Taylor has joined the CEFS team as a research specialist at CEFS' 2000-acre research facility in Goldsboro. Evan brings years of experience at NCDA research stations including the Caswell Research Farm and the Cunningham [...]
Upcoming Events
The Third Annual Carolina Meat Conference, December 9-10 NC Choices' Carolina Meat Conference enters its third year of innovative educational programming and unparalleled networking opportunities for niche meat supply chain partners including farmers, processors, chefs, buyers [...]
Message From the Directors
Welcome to the June 2013 e-news! Below you'll meet some of our wonderful CEFS people: our Board Chair, Cheryl Queen; our new apprentices; and our new Small Farm Unit Manager. You'll also read about some of [...]
NC Growing Together: Across NC, Networking and Educational Efforts Connect Small and Mid-sized Farmers with Larger Markets
This is the first in a series of articles about NC Growing Together, a statewide project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, grant #2012-68004-20363. Joe Rowland has [...]
CEFS Farming Systems Research Unit Home to Greenhouse Gas, Water Quality Research
CEFS’ Farming Systems Research Unit (FSRU) is one of seven research units at CEFS’ 2000-acre research facility in Goldsboro, NC. Situated on approximately 81 hectares (200+ acres) of pastures, woodlands, and permanent agricultural land, the [...]
Board Member Spotlight: Cheryl Queen
Cheryl Queen Cheryl Queen, Chair of the CEFS Board of Advisors, leads communication and corporate affairs for Compass Group USA, the leading contract food and support services company with annual revenue of $12 billion. [...]