Join Melissa Bell from the Center for Environmental Farming Systems and John Lyttle, NC Cooperative Extension, Durham County – Agriculture Agent (Small Farms & Local Foods) for an in-person Soil Sampling for Routine Nutrient Analysis event: When: Tuesday, October 28th, 10 am - 12 pm Where: NC State Plant Sciences Building, 840 Oval Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606 Learn why it is [...]
A June 2025 article, published in Pedosphere, examines soil microbial activity, diversity, composition, and predicted functionality across a 24-year experimental period at CEFS Field Research, Education, and Outreach Facility located at Cherry Research Farm in Goldsboro, NC.
Five questions with Angel Cruz, a CEFS Graduate Fellow who recently graduated from N.C. State with a Ph.D. in Agroecology. She used participatory action research (PAR) to conduct research with smallholder farmers in rural El Salvador for a three-year research project to evaluate the role of sustainable soil management in improving food security for smallholder farming communities.
Amazing Grazing Workshop To Register: For more information or to register, contact Ethan Henderson at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension at 828-255-5522. Registration Deadline: September 21 Registration Payment: This workshop is FREE, but must preregister. Workshop Agenda: 5:30pm - Dinner 6:00pm to 8:00pm: Workshop Program Using Annual Forages in a Grazing System Improving Pasture Soil Health with Grazing Management Stockpiling Fescue [...]
