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CEFS news, announcements, press releases and media coverage.
CEFS Summer Sustainable Agriculture Internship Program Brings Students from Around the World to Goldsboro
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2014 Goldsboro, NC – The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) is hosting students from across the country and around the world at its Goldsboro research farm this summer. Twelve [...]
Happy Birthday to Us: CEFS Turns 20!
A special CEFS e-news dedicated to our twentieth anniversary CEFS' roots were planted in 1994, when a small circle of leaders in sustainable agriculture came together with the vision of creating a center for the [...]
CEFS Kicks Off 20th Anniversary at Special Reception Featuring Dr. Ricardo Salvador
Dr. Nancy Creamer, CEFS Co-Director from NC State; Dr. Ricardo Salvador; Dr. John M. O'Sullivan, CEFS Co-Director from NC A&T; and Dr. William Randle, Dean of the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at [...]
FoodCorps North Carolina and Farm-to-School: A Recipe for Healthy Kids
In honor of CEFS' 20th anniversary, this is the first in a series of stories exploring the impact that CEFS has made on the state of North Carolina and beyond. Radishes! Sitting around a [...]
Upcoming Events
FARM TO FORK PICNIC: June 8 Buy your ticket now! Join a remarkable group of Piedmont farmers & cooks for an evening of food, live music, & fun....and discover why Bon Appetit magazine called Farm to [...]
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 [...]