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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 [...]
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 [...]
Board Member Spotlight: Cheryl Queen
Cheryl Queen Cheryl Queen, Chair of the CEFS Board of Advisors, leads communication and corporate affairs for Compass Group USA, the leading contract food and support services company with annual revenue of $12 billion. [...]
CEFS and Community Partners to Convene First Statewide Youth Food Advisory Council
Youth Food Advisory Council members and adult allies at FYI's first training gathering, Storytelling as a Tool for Advocacy, March 2013 CEFS, in cooperation with various community partners, is piloting a statewide youth food [...]
CEFS Welcomes Marisa Benzle, New Small Farm Unit Manager
CEFS is excited to welcome Marisa Benzle, former Small Farm Unit Apprentice, back to CEFS as the Small Farm Unit Manager. Here, Marisa tells us about what has inspired her sustainable agriculture journey, from Ohio [...]
Farmhand Foods Has a New Name
From Firsthand Foods Beginning May 1st, Durham-based Farmhand Foods officially changed its name to Firsthand Foods. A CEFS-incubated business, Farmhand Foods launched in 2010 with a food truck, known around town as the Sausage Wagon. [...]
New Transplants at CEFS: Small Farm Unit Apprentices!
The Small Farm Unit at CEFS' 2000-acre research facility in Goldsboro, NC is growing a new crop -- of apprentices! Here, we welcome the new apprentices to CEFS and let them introduce themselves. Mary Claire [...]
HBO Documentary Features SWARM Alumna Kebreeya Lewis
Kebreeya Lewis was a high school freshman when she first got involved with Students Working for an Agricultural Revolutionary Movement (SWARM), the youth food activism group supported by CEFS. The Goldsboro [...]
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 [...]