February 2015 - One of the biggest challenges facing local small and mid-sized producers and large-scale "mainstream" buyers (grocery chains and wholesale distributors) is how to move smaller volumes of source-identified product from farm to point-of-sale at a price that keeps everybody along the supply chain in business. NC Growing Together is working to develop and [...]
The refridgerator unit is clean and the lighting is good. You can clearly read the labels on the packaging. The prices are prominently displayed and you can see the brand. The meat being sold in this section is locally produced at the Henry and Nina's farm in Granville County, NC. January 2015 - [...]
January 2015 - NC Growing Together is working to connect the state's small and medium-scale dairy producers with larger markets. North Carolina is a milk-deficit state, meaning we produce only about half of the milk we consume. Strong demand for local products - including produce, meat, seafood, and dairy - creates a potential market opportunity [...]
January 2015 - Please note, this event was originally scheduled for February 17 and was re-scheduled to March 2 due to inclement weather. Are you a GAP-certified farmer looking for new markets to sell your products? Are you a buyer best online casino looking for new places to source local products? On Monday, March 2 [...]
December 2014 - NC Growing Together is sponsoring student teams at NC State Poole College of Management's Supply Chain Resource Cooperative and Consumer Innovation Consortium that are addressing pressing business and supply chain issues. In the Fall 2014 semester, one of three sponsored teams examined a hot topic among North Carolina's food business entrepreneurs and food hubs: [...]
December 2014 - NCGT is proud to announce the Summer 2015 Local Food Supply Chain Apprenticeship. Through an exciting 8-week program, apprentices will have the opportunity to work with a local food hub, a businesses, or an organization that works with local food while gaining critical training and professional development related to local food systems [...]
December 2014 - Over the past two years, NCGT and Lowes Foods have worked in partnership to connect producers and store managers to bring more authentically homegrown North Carolina products into Lowes Foods stores. Now the company is adding eggs to the mix. Demand has varied across the five stores that piloted the first direct-store-delivery [...]
November 2014 - Last month we invited you to see the inner workings of a produce distribution center. Now, 2013-2014 NC Growing Together Supply Chain Fellow Sebastian Naskaris has created two new walkthrough documents that show how meat moves through the supply chain with the same step-by-step explanation and helpful photos. Process Walkthrough: Direct-Store Delivery (DSD) [...]
November 2014 - The NCGT Local Food Infrastructure Inventory is a mapped inventory of businesses that serve as intermediary steps in local food supply chains. This includes value-added processors, fresh produce wholesaler/distributors, multi-farm CSA"s, food hubs, community kitchens, incubator farms, and cold storage locations. "It"s a great guide for new farmers," says Henderson County extension [...]
November 2014 - Developing profitable distribution models in a local food economy isn't always easy. Just ask Josh Cave, the Facilities Manager at Pilot Mountain Pride (PMP). Based in Surry County, PMP was founded in 2010 as a way for farmers to diversify their incomes and as an economic development tool for the county. The [...]
