Workshop offered by Center for Environmental Farming Systems
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) presents Seasons of Sustainable Agriculture, where you can take classes to learn about gardening with kids, web marketing for your farm, biofuel production, buying local, etc. I have listed all the options below. If you'd like to read more about these courses or register for any (or many!) of them, please visit the CEFS website.
Registration is required for all events unless otherwise noted.
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). Contact Carol Moore for more information.
All evening and weekend workshops are free of charge and other registration fees are as noted. Contact CEFS (cefs_info@ncsu.edu or call 919-513-0954) to learn about scholarship opportunities.
As always, a limited number of scholarship opportunities are available for all workshops. Simply fill out an application and mail it to: CEFS, attn. Lisa Forehand, Box 7609-NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695. A PDF version of the application may be found here. If you prefer the Word version, visit the CEFS website and scroll down to find it.
I've included the impressive list of classes below. If you go to the CEFS website, you'll find descriptions of each of these classes.
- All Hands in the Soil: A Guide to Building Communities of Knowledge -Feb 11
- Small Fruit Production - March 6
- Making the Web Work for Your Farm Business - March 12
- Twilight Tour: Season Extension - March 12
- Maintaining Breeding Flocks of Standard Breed Chickens - March 14
- Organic Grain Production in NC - March 25
- Twilight Tour: Vegetable Transplanting - April 9
- Basic Procedures with Small Farm Equipment - April 10
- Reproductive Management & Gastrointestinal Parasite Control in Small Ruminants - April 16
- Develop a Plan for Cover Crop Use in Vegetable Rotation - April 22
- Techniques, Husbandry & Evaluation for Outdoor Hog Production - May 1
- Twilight Tour: Managing Winter & Summer Cover Crops - May 14
- High Tunnel Research Tour - May 15
- Good Agricultural Practices ( GAP ) Training for Farmers Market and Roadside Stand Managers - May 19
- Gardening with Kids - June 7
- Twilight Tour: Livestock Integration - June 11
- Bread Wheat and Organic Production - June 26
- Twilight Tour: Vegetable Harvest Considerations - July 9
- Fueling the Farm II: Managing energy risks, reducing energy costs and exploring alternative energy sources - July 10
- Biofuels 101: Hands-on Demonstration of Biofuel Production - July 11
- Bugs in the Garden - July 19
- Pasture-Based Dairy Workshop - July 17
- Raising Heritage Turkeys on Pasture - July 21-22
- Out-of-State Organic Grain Tour: VA, MD, PA - July 24-26
- Making Use of Beneficial Insects for Crop Pest Management & Pollination - July 30
- Why Buy Local? - July 31
- Twilight Tour: Irrigation & Water Use - August 13
- Organic Certification Course - August 20
- Developing Community Based Food Systems - August 25
- Pasture Establishment, Design and Management for Outdoor Hog Production - August 28
- Twilight Tour - Winter Cover Crops - September 10
- Twilight Tour - Biointensive Agriculture - September 15
- How to Build Permanent Fencing - September 25
- How to build Permanent Fencing - October 11
- Season Extension and High Tunnel Production - October 9
- Grass-Fed/Locally-Finished Beef Workshop - November 14
