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February 27: CEFS' Annual Sustainable Agriculture Lecture Featuring Food Justice Advocate Maya Wiley Maya Wiley Please join CEFS and the NC Agricultural Foundation Inc., for CEFS' Annual Sustainable Agriculture Lecture Featuring Maya Wiley, on [...]
Center for Environmental Farming Systems Receives Major Grant to Build Local Food Supply Chains
RALEIGH, February 11, 2013: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) has been awarded the first year’s funding of a five- year, $3.9 million grant to build and evaluate supply chains for local farmers and [...]
From the Ground Up: News and Updates from the CEFS Research Farm
By Andrew Meier, Superintendent, Cherry Research Farm February 2013 The Farm crew has been busy during the past month! They have been working with university faculty and other volunteers to prune the Loblollys and some [...]
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems to Host Lecture by Food Justice Advocate Maya Wiley
RALEIGH (January 25, 2013): The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) and the NC Agricultural Foundation Inc., are proud to announce that Maya Wiley will deliver CEFS’ Annual Sustainable Agriculture Lecture on February 27 at [...]
New CEFS Report Details Conservation Practices for Outdoor Hog Production
RALEIGH (December 5, 2012): The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) has released a new report entitled Conservation Practices in Outdoor Hog Production Systems: Findings and Recommendations from the Center for Environmental Farming Systems. The report [...]
Holiday Greetings from CEFS!
Dear Friend, We are coming to the close of a truly momentous year at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), and we want to include you in our success, our gratitude, and our rejoicing. [...]
Message from the Directors
In recent months, CEFS' local food systems programming has received significant national and international attention, which we have been excited and honored to receive. In fact, our two Directors' schedules can barely keep up! In [...]
New Board Member Spotlight: Dr. Norman Wirzba
Dr. Norman Wirzba, a Research Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Rural Life at Duke University Divinity School and a Research Professor at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, joined the CEFS Board [...]
SWARM Represents at the Clinton Global Initiative
SWARM, the CEFS-supported youth food activist group based in Goldsboro, was recently invited by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to present at a youth empowerment event of the Clinton Global Initiative. As [...]
Farmhand Foods selected as a Food “Study Hub” by the Wallace Center
Farmhand Foods, a CEFS-incubated business that aggregates, distributes, and markets high-quality, locally-raised, pasture-based beef and pork products from a network of 30+ livestock producers, has been selected as a "Study Hub" by the Wallace Center [...]