FreshPoint's Dan Batchelder explaining grading requirements to a producer at a recent Postharvest Handling workshop. April 2016 -- NC Growing Together is bringing together small-scale farmers and food service and retail buyers for capacity-building along the local food supply chain. Events such as Grower-Buyer Mixers and Postharvest Handling Workshops provide opportunities for peer-to-peer [...]
Navigating the USDA GAP Audit: Wake County June 16, 2015 - 9 am to 4 pm NC Growing Together is partnering with Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, North Carolina State University, and North Carolina Cooperative Extension to deliver workshops across the state with the aim of providing farmers with the tools to reduce food safety risks [...]
February 2015 - NC Growing Together is partnering with NC Farm Bureau, NC State University Department of Horticultural Science, and NC Cooperative Extension to offer the Farmer Idea Lab, a new "Lunch-N-Learn" webinar series designed to offer farmer-to-farmer sharing of success stories and lessons learned. The first webinar, Farm Smarter Not Harder, was held on February 5. [...]
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 [...]
Sydney Grice, NC State student and 2014 NCGT Summer Intern at Lowes Foods. September 2014 - North Carolina Growing Together is proud to announce the Summer 2015 Local Food Supply Chain Internship. The internship will provide opportunities for undergraduate or graduate students to gain training and professional development related to local food systems [...]
