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CEFS news, announcements, press releases and media coverage.
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 [...]
NC Choices Presents the Third Annual Carolina Meat Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2013: 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 and [...]
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 [...]
NC 10% Campaign Surpasses $50 Million Milestone, Becomes a National Model
The NC 10% Campaign, a CEFS initiative that encourages all North Carolina individuals and businesses to spend 10% of their existing food dollars on locally-produced food, has hit a big milestone. The Campaign, which counts [...]
Board Member Spotlight: Andrea Reusing
Andrea Reusing, chef-owner of acclaimed Chapel Hill restaurant Lantern, has been on the CEFS Board of Advisors since 2006. Reusing is the 2011 winner of the James Beard award for Best Chef: Southeast. She has [...]
CEFS’ Organic Research Unit Hosting Stevia Research Trials
Stevia plants at CEFS Life is a little sweeter these days at the CEFS research farm in Goldsboro. Since 2012, CEFS has been involved in research trials for Stevia, a perennial herb of the [...]
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 [...]