Center for Environmental Farming Systems Email Format
FarmingNorth Carolina, United States11-50 Employees
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems is a Raleigh-based hub focused on advancing sustainable, just, and equitable food and farming systems in North Carolina and beyond. It pursues conservation of natural resources, strengthens communities, improves health outcomes, and creates economic opportunities through research, education, and extension rooted in organic and sustainable agriculture. CEFS is recognized as a leading national and international center for research, extension, and education in sustainable agriculture and local food systems. The center has earned notable honors, including a regional winner of the C. Peter Macgrath Community Engagement Award in 2012 and the USDA Secretary’s Honor Award for assisting rural communities in becoming self-sustaining and prosperous. Its work serves farmers, community organizations, and policymakers aiming to build equitable, locally rooted food systems, and the organization operates as a small-to-mid-sized, university-based research and outreach program within the farming sector.