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COPYORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGE A <br />Meeting Dat : February 7, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: NC 10% Campaign — Helping to Build North Carolina's Local Food Economy <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) I No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Powerpoint Presentation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clerk's Office, 245 -2130 <br />Teisha L. Wymore, State Coordinator, <br />NC 10% Campaign, Center for <br />Environmental Farming Systems, <br />North Carolina State University <br />PURPOSE: To receive a presentation from the Center for Environmental Farming Systems <br />(CEFS) at N.C. State University on the NC 10% Campaign to help build North Carolina's Local <br />Food Economy. <br />BACKGROUND: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), a collaborative <br />organization of N.C. State University, North Carolina A & T State University and the North <br />Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is committed to building North <br />Carolina's sustainable local food economy. Through its Farm to Fork initiative, CEFS has <br />energized and connected thousands of North Carolinians and hundreds of local, regional and <br />statewide organizations that share this commitment. The NC 10% Campaign is a product of <br />this work. <br />The goal of the 10% Campaign is straightforward: Encourage consumers to commit 10% of <br />their existing food dollars to support local food producers, related businesses and communities: <br />• Promotes NC farmers, foods, communities and businesses <br />Educates consumers, decision - makers and the media <br />• Collaborates with the many influential organizations already in the field and those just <br />bloom <br />Why 10 %? <br />North Carolinians spend about $35 billion a year on food. If individuals spend 10 percent <br />(just $1.05 /day) locally, about $3.5 billion would be available for the local economy. <br />