Top Of The Local Food Chain
Thanks in part to the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, it’s getting easier for North Carolinians to find fresh food from local farmers in grocery stores, restaurants, schools and farmers markets.
Farm to Fork Picnic to celebrate relationship between chefs, farmers, food artisans
This June, more than 70 farms and restaurants will come together for the 10th annual Farm to Fork Picnic to celebrate the partnerships that have helped make the Triangle a food destination.
NC 10% Campaign and RTI International Develop Online Dashboards to Illustrate Local Foods Spending Data in North Carolina
The NC 10% Campaign and RTI International teamed up to develop a series of online dashboards to help local farmers, consumers, businesses, and leaders make informed decisions about buying and selling local foods.
Supply Chain Collaboration Brings NC-Branded Shrimp Home for the Holidays
This past holiday season, shoppers were in for a special treat when they found frozen North Carolina shrimp at area Weaver Street Market (WSM) stores, just in time for end-of-year celebrations.
Supply Chain Collaboration Brings NC-Branded Shrimp Home for the Holidays
Photo courtesy of Mr. Big Seafood. January 2017 -- This past holiday season, shoppers were in for a special treat when they found frozen North Carolina shrimp at area Weaver Street Market (WSM) stores, just in time for end-of-year celebrations. The shrimp - the result of a local supply chain collaboration between [...]
Farmers plant seeds for local growth: Orange County farms’ direct-to-consumer sales are part of a national trend
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2007’s and 2012 Censuses, the number of Orange County farms that sell straight to consumers has increased by 54 percent since 2007.
NCGT Offers Resources, Food Safety Training for Cheesemakers and Dairy Producers
Packaging chevre at Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery October/November 2016 -- In October, NC Growing Together offered a day-long training for cheesemakers and dairy producers focusing on the basics of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and food safety planning. More than 25 producers attended the workshop at North Carolina Agricultural and [...]
NC State Poole College of Management MBA Student Teams Investigate Business Opportunities in Local Food Supply Chains
Working Landscapes staff and MBA students in Warrenton, NC. October/November 2016 -- NC Growing Together has been sponsoring MBA student teams from NC State University's Poole College of Management to investigate food business processes and supply chain issues across the local-to-mainstream food supply chain since 2013. In spring 2016, a team worked [...]
NC Cultured Fish and Shellfish a Popular Choice for NCGT Partner Pate Dawson-Southern Foods
March 2016 -- NC Growing Together partner Pate Dawson-Southern Foods (PDSF) is helping to move more local fish and shellfish in North Carolina. As featured previously in the NCGT News, PDSF Director of Marketing Joel Sullivan met Valee Taylor, co-owner of Cedar Grove-based Taylor Fish Farm, at the 2015 NCGT Annual Meeting. The two quickly [...]
NC State Graduate Student to Present Work on the Local Multiplier Effect
June 2015 -- Over the past four years, NC State Horticulture Science PhD student Drew Marticorena has been studying the "Local Multiplier Effect", the economic ripple effect that occurs within a community when consumers spend their money at independent, locally-owned businesses. While there are databases that contain standard multipliers used by economic developers across [...]