Events

Are you a faculty member, post-doc, or graduate student interested in expanding your experience and collaborations in sustainable food and farming? The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), a partnership of North Carolina State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, invites you for “Networking with CEFS” on April 20, 2023 from 4 to 6pm in the N.C. Plant Sciences Building.

State of Change: Natural Solutions - Screening and Panel Discussion
Please join us in person (or virtually) on Thursday, April 20, at 7 PM, for a special screening of State of Change: Natural Solutions, followed by a panel discussion with scientists and journalists from around the state who will provide an up-close look at climate change issues and answer your questions in-person and via the virtual chat. Two NC State faculty members from CALS are featured in the segment: Matt Ricker and Alex Woodley. 

The Integrative Science Initiative and the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative are excited to announce that medical ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave will presenting a seminar at NC State. As a medical ethnobotanist, Dr. Quave’s work focuses on the documentation and pharmacological evaluation of plants used in traditional medicine. Her science memoir, The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines, was published in 2021.

Phil Taylor, Director of Open Innovation and Outreach at Bayer, will give an open seminar on May 11 at 10:30am in Seminar Room 1322 B&C at the Plant Sciences Building. He will be speaking about Bayer, the needs and opportunities for innovation in agriculture, Bayer’s approach to R&D and partnering, working in industry and more specifically, working at Bayer.

Hosted by Lina Quesada-Ocampo. SAVE THE DATE. More info coming soon.

The Small Farm Unit covers approximately 30 acres with a wide range of soil types, equipment, buildings, and educational focal points. The function of the unit is to model a…

Registration is now open for the 2023 Organic Commodities Field Day. This in-person event will cover new research on organic sunflower production including variety trials, pest management, nitrogen rate, and…

Join Melissa Bell: Center for Environmental Farming Systems Research, Outreach and Education and John Lyttle: NC Cooperative Extension, Durham County – Agriculture Agent (Small Farms & Local Foods) for the…

This year's farm tour topics will include: corn variety trial, corn seeding rates, OVT review, and soybean updates.

The Mountain Research Station field day will cover topics such as livestock forage production, conventional and emerging crops, crop production, and equipment displays. Pesticide credits will be available. Free meal…

The 2023 Blackland Farm Managers Tour will be held in Hyde County on August 2nd! This year’s tour is hosted by Middle Creek Farms in Engelhard (396 White Plains Rd,…

This year's event will be in the Coastal Plain at the Cunningham Research Station in Kinston, North Carolina. We have lots of new research to highlight at the event including…

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