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2009-012 Coop Ext - Tobacco Trust Fund & Golden Leaf Foundation for Value Added Center
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Minutes - 20090122
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S Grant - Co Ext - Golden Leaf Grant for Piedmont Value Added Shared Use Food & Agricultural Processing center 01-22-2009-4p
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S Grant Agreement NC Tobacco Trust Fund commission and Orange Co 01-22-09-4p
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18 <br /> Piedmont Value-Added Shared-Use Food and Agricultural Processing Center <br /> Section II:Project and Applicant Description <br /> 4 Organizational History and Goals <br /> This project is the result of collaboration between Alamance,Chatham,Durham,and <br /> Orange Counties,as well as Weaver Street Market and Whole Foods.Together,they funded a <br /> feasibility study that was completed in 2007 with guidance from an 40-member advisory group <br /> that included farmers,county commissioners,chefs,grocers,and consumers with representatives <br /> from chambers of commerce,community colleges,farmers markets,Cooperative Extension, Soil <br /> &Water Conservation District Boards,Voluntary Agricultural Districts Boards,economic <br /> development agencies&small business specialists,Carolina Farm Stewardship Association,and <br /> North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. <br /> The four core counties that have provided institutional support for this project have a <br /> demonstrated commitment to promoting agricultural economic development. <br /> • Alamance was the first county in the state to complete a Farmland Preservation Plan and <br /> each of the other three counties has a plan in progress.The director of the Alamance <br /> Community College culinary technology program has been a strong supporter of the <br /> project. <br /> • Chatham County is home to a widely recognized sustainable agriculture program at the <br /> Pittsboro campus of Central Carolina Community College. Also in Chatham County is <br /> the award winning Growing Small Farms program developed by Cooperative Extension <br /> Agent Debbie Roos. <br /> • Durham County has had outstanding success with the recent development of a large <br /> farmers market hosting vendors from up to 70 miles from Durham. <br /> • Orange County has been a pioneer in farmland preservation and hired the first <br /> agricultural economic development coordinator in a joint effort with NC A&T State <br /> University in Greensboro. American Farmland Trust Southeast Director Gerry Cohn is <br /> based in Hillsborough and continues to support this project and assist in implementation. <br /> In collaboration with NC State University(NCSU),Orange County Economic <br /> Development and Cooperative Extension are helping to develop the WC Breeze Family Farm <br /> Extension and Research Center in northern Orange County. This 270-acre farm was bequeathed <br /> to NC State University by Colonel Breeze,a long time landowner in the tobacco growing <br /> communities of Cedar Grove and Hurdle Mills. A concept plan for the farm,agreed to by NCSU <br /> and Orange County,includes the development of an off-site processing center that would work in <br /> tandem with a farm enterprise incubator on the Breeze Farm initiated in January 2008 by Orange <br /> County. Emerging components of the approved concept plan include focus areas on 1)4-H,FFA, <br /> and youth,2)Forages,Grasslands,and Grains,and 3)Fruits and Berries. This small farm <br /> extension and research center promises to complement efforts of the processing center in the <br /> same counties thereby enhancing benefits to farmers in communities across the 22-county region. <br /> As the feasibility plan for the processing center is implemented,the 40-member advisory <br /> board and 65-member producer group will develop into a 501(c)3 non-profit entity during the <br /> coming 18 months. A formal mission statement,goals,and objectives will be developed during <br /> this development process. Strong participation and interest has resulted in producers already <br /> volunteering to help steward this transition from a government entity to a non-profit. <br /> 8 <br /> BOCC Meeting, January 22, 2009, Page 18 /39 <br />
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