On top of that, the 38-year-old office manager realized one day that she was spending an awful lot of money on organic produce.

Wednesday, April 9, 6:00-8:00pm
Leaders: Ken Fater & Steve Moore (NCSU)

Workshop Registration: FREE

Call 919-513-0954 or email cefs_info@ncsu.edu to hold your spot. Registration is limited to 15 people per tour

Unless stated otherwise, all events will be held at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), located at Cherry Research Farm, 201 Stevens Mill Rd., Goldsboro, NC 27530.

All NCSU employees and NC Cooperative Extension Agents are required to register through the iLMS System. Travel reimbursement for agents is available through the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program - Professional Development Program (SARE-PDP). 

The Center for Environmental Farming Systems develops and promotes food and farming systems that protect the environment, strengthen local communities, and provide economic opportunities in North Carolina and beyond.

History
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) was established in 1994 by North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to serve as a center dedicated to sustainable agriculture research, extension, and education. CEFS was the result of several years of work by a task force of university faculty and administrators, state and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, farmers, and citizens charged with developing a strategy to build a strong sustainable agriculture program in North Carolina. Located at the Cherry Research Farm near Goldsboro, CEFS began its sustainable agriculture programming in 1996. Today, CEFS is one of the nation’s largest centers for the study of environmentally sustainable farming practices.

Agriculture state secretary Gert Lindemann told German broadcaster Deutsche Welle that the new non-GM label will apply not only to non-genetically-modified crops but to eggs, meat and milk from animals that were raised without biotech feed.

The organization said yesterday that nanoparticles, tiny compounds believed by some to offer advantages in formulation, especially in health foods, are made by "potentially toxic technology that poses a serious new threat to human health".

We have one more week to submit comments opposing USDA's proposal by the January 28th deadline. Please click here for an action alert that contains more information about USDA's proposed meat label and directions for submitting comments, including suggested talking points.

Agriculture state secretary Gert Lindemann told German broadcaster Deutsche Welle that the new 'non-GM' label will apply not only to non-genetically-modified crops but to eggs, meat and milk from animals that were raised without biotech feed.

I'm personally not so fond of fake trees.  I like the smell of the real thing.  I like the little bit of sap that gets stuck to everything around it and keeps the holiday spirit around a little longer.  I like the needles stuck in my carpet, because it further supports my desire to remove the carpet.  I like the way the tree is never perfect.  And I like the process of bundling into the car dressed like we're about to climb a 14,000-foot mountain to drive to town and pick out a tree together.  This year we actually cut our own tree and enjoyed hot cocoa afterwards, huddling in a temporary shelter while the wind threatened to blow it away.  It was lovely.

Tess Vigeland did an interview on American Public Media the other day explaining her project: To carry her own trash (except for the recyclables) in a plastic bag for a full two weeks.  Think about that!  It will make you reconsider your purchases, certainly.  It may make you wish you didn't have a cat.  If you do in fact take the challenge, you will make some changes to your lifestyle.  Small, perhaps, but changes that, when duplicated by many individuals, could really make a big change in our environment.

Washington, D.C., September 14, 2007 – The Center for Food Safety (CFS) today welcomed an announcement by Smithfield Foods, Inc., the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer, stating that the company is not moving to produce food from cloned animals, and is taking a cautious approach to the new technology. Smithfield previously funded the pig cloning company Prolinia, and continued to support cloning after Viagen, the leading pig cloning company, acquired Prolinia in 2003.

Scientists have been astounded by the creation of a genetically modified "supermouse" with extraordinary physical abilities - comparable to the performance of the very best athletes - raising the prospect that the discovery may one day be used to transform peoples

A national advocacy group believes consumers would demand that genetically modified foods be labeled if they knew just how much is being changed in labs. The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods is pushing presidential candidates to support making labeling the law - with some success.