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5 <br />PIEDMONT FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING (PFAP) CENTER <br />CORPORATION BY-LAWS <br />Article I NAME <br />Section 1.01 Name <br />The name of this organization shall be "Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing (PFAP) Center <br />Corp."; hereinafter refened to as the "Corporation." <br />Article II. ORGANIZATION <br />Section 2.01 Organization <br />This Corporation has been formed under the laws of the State of North Carolina as contained in <br />N.C.G.S. Chapter SSA, entitled "Non-Profit Corporation Act" and Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal <br />Revenue Code of 1954. <br />Article III. MISSION AND PURPOSE <br />Section 3.01 Purposes <br />The Corparation shall have all corporate power and authority to carry on any lawful activity <br />calculated, directly or indirectly, to promote the Corporation's interests and purposes. The purposes <br />of the Corporation are to: <br />(a) Educate the public, local farm-based producers, food-based businesses, culinary programs and <br />promote the economic viability of farm-based producers and food-based businesses across the <br />region in their efforts to produce locally grown value-added products, create sustainable local <br />food businesses and associated jobs, and preserve productive farmland; <br />(b) Provide for the betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuits, the improvement <br />of the grade of their products, and the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their <br />respective occupations by establishing and operating a shared-use, value-added, food and <br />agricultural processing facility, the "PFAP Center"; <br />(c) Educate local farm-based producers, food-based businesses, culinary programs, and other <br />clients who wish to produce locally grown value-added food items about the benefits of a food <br />and agricultural processing facility; <br />(d) Develop funding, purchase or lease real or personal property, or borrow money in order to <br />effectuate the Corporation's educational goals and to develop and provide a shared-use, value- <br />added, food and agricultural processing facility that meets Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) <br />standards; <br />(e) Provide business development support and educate potential clients in the region about how to <br />start a food-based business, develop a business plan and comply with food safety requirements, <br />and provide general oversight of a food and agricultural processing facility that meets GMP <br />standards; <br />(~ Cooperate with and enlist support from local educational, agricultural, and economic <br />development institutions in the affected political jurisdictions, key stakeholders, and existing <br />service providers in the region including cooperative extension, small business centers, and <br />culinary programs at local educational facilities to meet the Corporation's educational goals; <br />(g) Establish cooperative relationships with regulatory officials to understand the local regulatory <br />environment, meet county and FDA regulations, and pursue USDA or state-inspected value- <br />added meat processing and educate potential clients about these regulations; <br />(h) Initiate other activities consistent with the above purposes. <br />4 <br />