Farms Under Threat is AFT’s multi-year effort to advance cutting-edge solutions for farmland protection. We use high-resolution spatial analysis tools to identify exactly where agricultural land has been converted to urban and low-density residential land uses - and to anticipate future threats….
In Wake County, food hubs are a capital-ready, organizable engine for change in the existing food supply chain. Linking local customers to local and regional farms, food hubs are an emerging model for effective food supply chain resilience, connectivity, and diversity….
Food Security Resources
Click the link to learn more about Wake County Food Security Plans over the years!
On June 8th, 2021, the NC Association of County Commissioners, released a report by the Resilience Task Force, which he appointed to help counties develop local strategies to tackle food insecurity. The report is intended to serve as a resource for counties to explore specific needs and opportunities in their communities.
NC Food System Resilience Strategy
August 2021
This project focuses on NC and contextualizes the current moment against the historical landscape. The audience for this project is philanthropy. As a group with substantial power, it asks how philanthropy can be a partner to address some of the most entrenched inequities. How in other words, can philanthropy help create more equity and resiliency in the NC food system?