News Feed
CEFS news, announcements, press releases and media coverage.
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 [...]
Shorlette Ammons Awarded Food Equity Fellowship from the Center for Social Inclusion
September 23, 2013: For Immediate Release Raleigh, NC: 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, [...]
CEFS Announces Internal Staffing Changes
September 20, 2013: For Immediate Release Raleigh, NC: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) is pleased to announce that Teisha Wymore will begin serving as the new Farm to Fork Action Plan Operations Manager, [...]
Dr. John M. O’Sullivan, Co-Director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Governor McCrory
August 9, 2013: For Immediate Release Raleigh, NC: Dr. John M. O’Sullivan, Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Local and Community Food Systems at NC Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&TSU) and Co-Director of the Center for [...]
NC 10% Campaign Reaches $40 Million in Local Foods Purchases
RALEIGH, August 5, 2013: The NC 10% Campaign, which 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 [...]
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 [...]