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:
- March 2026: Warm-Season Crops, Food Businesses, Events and Opportunities
- February 2026: CEFS Program News, Blueberry Pruning, Internships and Events
- January 2026: Ag Analytics, Training Opportunities and Resources
- November 2025: Food & Farm News, Opportunities and Events
- October 2025: Photographic Journey of Veteran Farmers, Field Research Updates, and Fall Events
- September 2025: One Year after Helene, New Graduate Fellows, Upcoming Events and Opportunities
- August 2025: Farm to ECE, Local Farms & Food Profiles, Upcoming Events
- July 2025: Cool Season Fruits and Vegetables, Farm to ECE, & Job Opportunities
- June 2025: Soil in Long-Term Farming Systems, Meat Processing Workshops, and More
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Growing Up Local: How Strategic Systems Are Bringing Farm-Fresh Food to Preschools
Imagine a plate of vibrant, local fruits and vegetables served to a curious three-year-old. That’s the core of Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE), which connects children aged 0-5 with gardening, cooking, and [...]
Celebrating 2025 North Carolina Crunch
Farm to ECE Institute participants celebrating NC Crunch! The North Carolina Crunch promotes healthy eating and supports farm to school, farm to early care and education (ECE), and other local food initiatives throughout the state. [...]
Need Hay? NC Extension Offers New Online Hay Listing Service
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, NC Choices has collaborated with Extension livestock and forage partners to develop NC Hay Finder, a new website to help connect farmers needing hay with those who have hay to sell. Read more below...
EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems: Recovery After Hurricane Helene
EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems (EMFS), an initiative of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), works to strengthen the local food system across 12 Western North Carolina counties and the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern [...]
WNCStrong: Shaping Youth Service After Hurricane Helene
On September 22, 2025, the North Carolina State University CALS News featured the WNCStrong Youth Service Corps in this article.
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems Announces Recipients of 2025-2026 NC State Graduate Student Fellowships
We are pleased to announce the recipients of our 2023-2024 North Carolina State University Graduate Student Fellowships. Read about the Fellows and their research.
The Impact of Service Corps Workdays
The backbone of the Service Corps is the internships that our 22 members are doing on nine farms across the three counties we serve. However, our Workdays are a meaningful and impactful component of [...]
The Plane has Left the Tarmac
In four short months we’ve gone from ideas sketched out in a grant proposal to twenty-two high schoolers receiving paychecks for internships they’ve been doing on nine farms across Buncombe, Mitchell and Yancey Counties. [...]
Farm to ECE 2025 Garden Interns
For the past ten years, Wake County Partnership for Children (WCPC) has been a dedicated leader in connecting local food and nutrition education through its impactful Farm to Early Care and Education (Farm to [...]
National Leaders Visit NC to See Farm to ECE in Action
Earlier this month, representatives from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, along with partners working in early childhood education (ECE), community gardening, and local food systems in Detroit, Michigan, visited North Carolina to learn more about [...]