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CEFS news, announcements, press releases and media coverage.
Cheryl-Anne Kast and Nancy Creamer of Farm to Fork
"Cheryl-Anne Kast and Nancy Creamer of Farm to Fork," Interview by Andrea Griffith Cash, Chapel Hill Magazine
Farm to Fork picnic releases full list of farmers, chefs
"Farm to Fork picnic releases full list of farmers, chefs" by Matt Lardie, The News and Observer
Working for change in the meat industry
"Working for change in the meat industry," by Emily Boyette, Technician
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation awards $50,000 to Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ NC 10% Campaign
Two-year grant to develop local food markets at NC colleges and universities for low-resourced farmers Raleigh, NC (March 17, 2016) – Trustees of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation have awarded a grant to the Center [...]
CEFS’ NC Choices Director Sarah Blacklin Recognized by Farm Credit in National Search for 100 Fresh Perspectives Shaping Rural America and Agriculture
March 15, 2016: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RALEIGH, North Carolina -- Sarah Blacklin, Program Director of NC Choices, is among the visionaries being recognized nationally through Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives, a search to identify and [...]
Southern Region Cover Crop Conference Set for July 18-19, 2016
February 24, 2016: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GOLDSBORO, North Carolina -- Mark your calendar for a two-day comprehensive cover crop conference for the South. Put on by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) and the [...]
Another Kind of Hog Farm
“Another Kind of Hog Farm,” by Gabe Rivin in the North Carolina Health News.
CEFS’ End-of-Year Letter
Dear CEFS Supporter, What feeds your growth? There are so many ways to interpret, and answer, that question. Here at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, it's one that we are examining for ourselves, our [...]
Carolina Meat Conference Brings Entire Meat Supply Chain Together, Highlights Emerging Opportunities in New Markets
September 15, 2015: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Where else can you find James Beard Award-winning chef Andrea Reusing and Emmy Award-winning chef Vivian Howard rubbing shoulders with internationally-renowned pasture management advocate Allan Savory, alongside master butchers, [...]
Food Access in North Carolina Gets Major Funding
August 24, 2015: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greensboro, NC: A $750,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will help get to the root of food system inequities influenced by structural racism, in a project being led [...]