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Upcoming Events
Register now for NC Choices' 2nd Annual Carolina Meat Conference, December 3 & 4 in Bermuda Run, NC. Join a diverse group of professionals within the local and niche meat industry for two days of [...]
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, [...]