Carolina Farm Stewardship Association

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5th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour!
Sept. 18 & 19
1-5 PM Both Days
Buy your tickets on-line!
Learn more about the tour.

Another Amazing Upstate Farm Tour!
Thank you for joining Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and Whole Foods Market on SC's largest sustainable farm tour, which took place June 5 & 6. Over 1,000 people took the tour! That's double the number of visitors we had on last year's tour!
Learn more about the tour.

Hurting NC's Local Food Harvest: A new CFSA report shows that the proposed federal food safety legislation will cost NC jobs, farms, and quality food. It also explains commonsense changes to the bills that can avert the danger. Read the report summary or the entire report.

Join our Campaign for Truly Safe Food April 13, 2010

Our farmers market action days continue. Want to help spread the word about the Senate food safety bill, S.510, at your local farmers' market? Download our leaflet and contact your market about participating in the campaign.For months, sustainable ag groups have been working to protect small farms and local food from the dangerous consequences of this bill. We have made some progress thanks to you, but critical changes must be made before the Senate vote. Learn how to help! Read more or download our fact sheet.

stewardship newsletter:
Stewardship News is CFSA's quarterly newsletter. Usually, it is only available for members, but this quarter, you can download the newsletter online! It's a great way to learn more about what we're working on at CFSA and how you can get involved!

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Save the Date: 25th Annual Carolina Farm Stewardship Association's Sustainable Agriculture Conference. The event will take place December 3-5, 2010 in Winston-Salem, NC. Learn more.

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We depend on donations from folks like you to grow healthy food and farms in the Carolinas. The work of CFSA supports local organic producers from the field to Washington, DC. Projects like the NC Organic Bread Flour Project , our advocacy work and One Seed at a Time Project are just a few examples of the contributions CFSA is making to ensure sustainable food communities.

Consider a donation now, any amount helps! Join the Food Revolution!

Find Carolina farmers, farmers' markets, restaurants, grocers, manufacturers & more in our searchable food guide! Not in the guide?

Own an iPhone or iPod Touch?

Find Local Food on your iPhone/iPod touch with the NC/SC Food App. A portion of the proceeds from all app sales benefit CFSA.

Building a Sustainable Local Food Economy
May 2010: Our friends at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems have published a landmark new report on action steps for expanding and strengthening North Carolinas sustainable local food economy. The report is the result of over a year of public meetings, discussions, and research, including input from CFSA and hundreds of our members. To learn more, visit the website for CEFS Farm to Fork Initiative.

Did the Bush Administration Ignore Organic Laws?
March 18, 2010: After an extensive audit and investigation of alleged improprieties at the USDA's National Organic Program, the agency's Office of Inspector General (OIG) made public their formal report, dated March 9, substantiating the allegations of prominent organic industry watchdog groups that under the Bush administration, the USDA did an inadequate job of enforcing federal organic law.

USDA Data Offers In-Depth Look at Organic Farming
Feb. 3, 2010: The nations organic farms and ranches have higher average sales and higher average production expenses than U.S. farms overall, according to results of the 2008 Organic Production Survey released today by the U.S. Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service.