Local Food Purchasing Program

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Wake County Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina and Interfaith Food Shuttle, has launched the Local Food Purchasing Program. This initiative has invested $1.485 million dollars in local producers!

This program aims to increase wholesale buyer connections and develop self-sustaining capacity of emergency food partners to source more local foods. Here is a list of farms who has participated in the program:

  • Fresh Pik Produce | Johnston

  • Apple Ridge Farms | Henderson

  • Well Fed Community Garden | Wake

  • WSB Farms | Wake

  • Joseph Pierce | Martin

  • J&J Martin | Wayne

  • Conetoe Farms | Edgecombe

  • Davis Farms Sandy Creek | Warren

  • Ward’s Produce | Wake

  • Chaudhry Meats | Chatham

  • Ford’s Produce | Wake

  • Fresh Pik Produce | Johnston

  • Well Fed Community Garden | Wake

  • Gabor Farms | Richmond

  • Ripe Revival | Nash

  • Tart’s Produce Farm | Harnett

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