Orange County NC Website
<br />Resources / Initiatives <br /> <br /> Piedmont Food Processing Center – culinary incubator and shared use kitchen <br /> Breeze Farm (270-acre research / education / incubator Farm) <br /> Ag Grant Program ($700,000+/- & 70+ recipients to date) <br /> Ag Summit (sustainable ag conference each February) <br /> Orange County Food Council <br /> Universities (each of the major universities in the triangle area have ongoing food <br />system efforts in both outreach and academia in diverse departments) <br /> Regional Interest in the Triangle Area (Orange, Durham, Wake, and surrounding rural <br />counties – comprehensive efforts underway to collaborate) <br /> TJCOG (Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy – food systems as one <br />component) <br /> Regional Economic Development Partnership for Food Systems (initiative underway to <br />develop) <br /> USDA – AMS – Regional Food Systems Partnerships Grant <br /> US EDA Build Back Better Regional Challenge <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5