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NC Choices’ Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat a Great Success
On May 20-22, NC Choices held their first hands-on, intensive workshop specifically geared toward women in the local, niche meat industry. The Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat was developed out of the enthusiastic [...]
Center for Environmental Farming Systems Releases Community and Local Government Guide to Developing Local Food Systems
RALEIGH, May 31, 2013: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) has released a new guide entitled A Community and Local Government Guide to Developing Local Food Systems in North Carolina. The guide is intended [...]
Farm to Fork Picnic Benefits New, Beginning Farmers
RALEIGH, May 31, 2013: Will Cramer is the successful farm manager behind Ever Laughter Farm just north of Hillsborough. He and his business partner Sam Hummel, along with friends and interns, cultivate nearly 40 different vegetable [...]
Maya Wiley’s Lecture “Unmasking Inequities: Building Toward a More Just Food System for All!”
View the story on YouTube: CEFS 2013 Sustainable Agriculture Lecturer: MAYA WILEY
NC Choices Hosts Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat
NC Choices is hosting a Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat May 20th – 22 in Chapel Hill, NC. The retreat, sponsored by the Farm Credit Associations of North Carolina, is in response to the emerging role of [...]
Maya Wiley and Shorlette Ammons on WUNC’s The State of Things
See (and hear) the story at WUNC 91.5: Exploring Gaps In America's Food System From The Farm To The Table By Nicole Campbell & Frank Stasio
CEFS Receives Major Grants to Support Greenhouse Gas Research, an Organic Plant Breeding Center for the Southeast, and the Development of NC Local Food Supply Chains
CEFS is proud to announce several major grants that will support exciting new work over the next few years. Greenhouse Gas Research USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded CEFS $734,802 for [...]
Board Member Spotlight: Michael Tiemann
Mr. Michael Tiemann, Vice President of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat, is a founding member of the CEFS Board of Advisors. Michael Tiemann Mr. Tiemann founded the world's first open source software company [...]
Second Annual Carolina Meat Conference a Huge Success!
Richard & Ronnie Huettman of Acre Station Meat Farm, 2012 Commercial Meat Processor of the Year The Second Annual NC Choices Carolina Meat Conference was held in early December 2012 in the beautiful and [...]
Cafeteria Taste-Testing
By Sarah Dixon, Gaston Cooperative Extension FoodCorps Service Member October's kale salad was a riotous affair, given that it was our first time doing the taste tests and the kids' first time seeing the garden [...]