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CEFS news, announcements, press releases and media coverage.
Shellie Pfohl, Executive Director of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, to Visit with Young Food Justice Leaders in Goldsboro
For Immediate Release: October 29th, 2012 Download a printable .pdf of this press release. Media Contact Shorlette Ammons, Center for Environmental Farming Systems Ph: 919-288-0192 | sammonss@ncat.edu
NC 10% Campaign Reaches $25 Million in Local Food Purchases
RALEIGH (October 12, 2012) —Break out the North Carolina Chardonnay and raise a toast: the NC 10% Campaign has hit a big milestone. The 10% Campaign, a Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) initiative, encourages [...]
Message from the Directors
Greetings from CEFS! It's the middle of summer and yes, it's hot. According to a recent article by Bill McKibbon published in Rolling Stone: "June broke or tied 3,215 high-temperature records across the United States. [...]
Local Governments See Health, Economic Benefits of Local Foods
The adage "health is wealth" is proving true for a host of North Carolina cities and counties. As the costs of treating nutrition-related diseases like obesity rise (estimated to be $147 billion in 2008) and [...]
NC Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council
North Carolina's Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council - one of the "game changer" initiatives that emerged from CEFS' statewide Farm to Fork process - is a legislated body that was formed in 2009 to build [...]
Bye/Adios/ Doviđenja* to our Wonderful 2012 Summer Interns!
* "Goodbye" in Croatian The 2012 Summer Sustainable Agriculture Internship Program has officially drawn to a close. This year's group of 16 students hailed from North Carolina, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California, Rhode Island, Oregon, and [...]
CEFS Dairy Unit Develops “CowVac” to Control Horn Flies Without Insecticides
Figure 1 The horn fly is the southern US' most serious cattle pest. This small biting fly takes about 10 to 12 bloodmeals per day; blood loss can be significant because infested cattle may [...]
NCSU Agroecology Education Farm: Up and Growing!
2012 CEFS interns at the Agroecology Education Farm helping to clear brush, weed, and remove trees. We are excited to introduce a new CEFS-supported educational farm at NC State! Led by Dr. Michelle [...]
NC Choices’ Meat Producer Survey Shows Projected Growth, Challenges of Small-Scale Producers Statewide
NC Choices, a CEFS initiative that promotes the advancement of North Carolina's local, niche and pasture-based meat supply, recently conducted an online survey of the state's small-scale meat producers. The survey, which focused on beef, [...]
Welcome to Jennifer MacDougall, CEFS’ Newest Board Member
CEFS is happy to welcome Jennifer MacDougall, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation's Healthy Active Communities Program Manager, to its Board of Directors. Jennifer is from Cary NC and received both her B.S. [...]