GOLDSBORO and RALEIGH, N.C. (November 10, 2009) — The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) and Burt’s Bees welcomed Will Allen to Goldsboro and Raleigh on Monday, November 9, for the CEFS 2009 Sustainable Agriculture Lecture.
Will Allen was the 2009 Sustainable Agriculture Lecturer. Photo courtesy of Growing Power, Inc.
An estimated 500 people attended the Goldsboro lecture on Monday morning, and an estimated 700 people—a standing-room-only crowd—attended Allen’s Monday night lecture at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh.
For more information, please visit the Event Archives page about the Will Allen events.
Burt’s Bees was the lead sponsor of the events, and NC A&T State University was a supporter of the reception.
Additional Sponsors
Visionary
- Sysco Corporation
- Whole Foods Market
- Bon Appetit Management Company
Sustaining
- Lantern Restaurant
- Goldsboro Wayne County Travel and Tourism Department
- Red Hat
Steward
- The Umstead Hotel
- The Conservation Fund
- Southern Region SARE
- N.C. State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Zely & Ritz Restaurant
- InSight Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
- NCSU Cooperative Extension
Guardian
- Counter Culture Coffee
- Rare Earth Farm
- Cabarrus County
- The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina
- Brian Bulla and Carol Kline
Cultivator
- Curtis Consulting
- Piedmont Conservation Council