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Warren County Center
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Lunch-n-Learn Workshop Series

Join CEFS and N.C. Cooperative Extension for the Lunch & Learn Webinar Series for 2026.Melissa Bell, CEFS Field Research, Education, and Outreach Liaison, will discuss how companion planting…

Local Food
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Food Truck Boot Camp Fuels WNC Small Business: A Conversation with Laura Lauffer

Laura Lauffer is passionate about serving farmers and food businesses in her role as the Program Director for EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems (EMFS), a Center for Environmental Farming Systems…

Soil Management
Yellow mustard and red clover cover crop plot at the CEFS Small Farm Unit.

CEFS Small Farm Unit 2025 Soil Health Field Day Highlights

The Soil Health Field Day on April 5, 2025 at the CEFS Small Farm Unit field day brought together researchers, Extension specialists, and farmers to explore how long-term sustainable practices —…

McDowell County Center
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Empowering Mountain Food Systems Offers Invaluable Training

This Fall, Empowering Mountain Food Systems with North Carolina Cooperative Extension and the Small Business Center will be offering invaluable training opportunities. If you are a new farmer or…

Horticulture
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Farm to Fork Picnic - June 2nd at Fearrington Village

Farm to Fork PicnicThe Farm to Fork Picnic, hosted by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), returns to Fearrington Village in Pittsboro on June 2, 2024 from 4-7 p.m.This event…

Forages
Different arrangement of trees in pastures

Silvopastures in North Carolina, What Have We Learned?

Silvopastoral systems can provided multiple ecosystem services – the benefits people obtain from ecosystems –, for example, forage production, wildlife viewing, meat, milk, carbon sequestration.…

USDA Deputy Secretary Chavonda Jacobs-Young registered apprenticeship veterans NC State Extension CEFS

USDA Under Secretary Visits Veteran Farmer Registered Apprenticeship Program

A delegation of United States Department of Agriculture officials, led by Chief Scientist and Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics Chavonda Jacobs-Young, learned about a successful…

Gardening
Blueberry bush

FREE Recording of a Virtual Blueberry Selection and Planting Webinar!

RECORDING A series of experts present opportunities and challenges that come with starting blueberry plots. They also discuss how you can start growing blueberries in your own backyard using…

Transylvania County Center
raw beef

Next Level Marketing Strategies for Local, Niche Meat Businesses

Join us for our NC marketing training:Next Level Marketing Strategies for Local, Niche Meat Businesses.Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2023Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Location: N.C. A&T State University…

NC State Extension CEFS registered agriculture apprenticeship program for veterans

NC State Apprenticeship Programs Introduce Veterans to Farming

It’s an unseasonably chilly morning at the roadside produce stand outside Mount Olive in rural Wayne County. Temperatures are forecast to reach the 60s later on, but right now it’s far from it.…