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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Be a Local!
The NC 10% Campaign and the Park Scholars program at NC State have created a video to promote local foods on college campuses. The video will be seen all summer long at [...]
New at the CEFS Research Farm: Composting Unit
CEFS Research Associate Silvana Pietrosemoli shows off finished compost full of red wriggler worms. CEFS' new Composting Unit is up and running! Since 2011, CEFS has been composting waste products from the swine hoop [...]
New Publications, Jan – May 2012
Brooks AM, Danehower DA, Murphy JP, Reberg-Horton SC, and Burton JD. Estimation of heritability of benzoxazinoid production in rye (Secale cereale) using gas chromatographic analysis. Plant Breeding (Ahead of Print). doi:10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01885.x Cubbage F, Glenn V, [...]
Message from the Directors
Winter Greetings from CEFS! We are very happy to report that a number of our local foods initiatives are blossoming within the North Carolina Cooperative Extension organization. NC State University and NC Agricultural & Technical [...]
New CEFS Research Unit: Pasture-Based Meat Goats
Goats have been spotted at CEFS' 2000-acre research farm in Goldsboro, NC! The new Pasture-Based Meat Goat Unit has been developed on roughly 5 acres of land and includes a herd of Boer females that [...]
Winter Farm Musings
By Callie Herron, CEFS' Small Farm Unit Winter Apprentice Callie with the Small Farm Unit's weekly harvest. The constant presence of new life and death on farm has had a profound impact [...]
Welcome (back) Byran Green
Busha building new chicken houses at the Small Farm Unit. CEFS is happy to welcome back Bryan "Busha" Green as its Small Farm Manager. The Small Farm Unit is one of eight [...]
CEFS Launches Statewide Initiative: Building a Sustainable Local Food Economy in North Carolina, from Farm to Fork – Spring 2008
We are pleased to announce that over the next year, the Center for Environmental Farming Systems has been funded to reach out across the state and together with our partners ask: What will it take [...]
Inside CEFS Newsletter Archives
An archive of past Inside CEFS newsletters, from 2004 through 2007.
CEFS Merchandise Makes Great Gifts!!!
CEFS now has a wide variety of items available for purchase through Cafe Press. For more information or to view our new T-shirts, baby onesies, hats, coffee mugs, tote bags, journals and more, visit http://www.cafepress.com/cefs.