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Initial Food System Review Piedmont Triad Initial Food System Review PAGE|1 PAGE|2 This Regional Initial Food System Review is a collaborative research work of many concerned community members and stakeholders that have committed time and effort to building the local food economy of in the Piedmont Triad Region of North Carolina. The information gathered can help the overall community understand how a regional food council has the ability to help expand the local food economy of the Piedmont Triad Area. This review will help to implement a thorough assessment of this region, as well as highlight this area’s agricultural assets by utilizing information gathered from the past work of organizations like Piedmont Together, Piedmont Triad Regional Council, Community Food Strategies, Piedmont Grown, and the Center for Environmental Farming Systems. Completed by: Chanel A. Nestor, NC Growing Together Local Food Supply Chain Apprentice, Summer 2017 PAGE|3 Special Thanks to: Joseph Furstenberg, Piedmont Triad Regional Council Elizabeth Jernigan, Piedmont Triad Regional Council Jesse Day, Piedmont Triad Regional Council Malinda Ford, Piedmont Triad Regional Council Matthew Dolge, Piedmont Triad Regional Council Marcus Hill, Forsyth Food Consortium Paul Kron, Foothills Planning + Design, PLLC Gini Knight, Community Food Strategies Abbey Piner, Community Food Strategies Emily Edmonds, Center for Environmental Farming Systems Rebecca Dunning, Center for Environmental Farming Systems Jared Cates, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Eliot Lee, Center For Environmental Farming Systems Tiffany White, City of Winston Salem Russ Clegg, City of Greensboro Stephen Sills, UNC-G Center for Housing and Community Studies NC Cooperative Extension All of the Attendees of the 2017 Piedmont Triad Food Council Gathering PAGE|4 The Piedmont Triad In addition, 9 technical and community colleges serve an additional The Piedmont Triad is 50,000 students. The region’s economy has historically been tied to located in the textiles, furniture, and tobacco, but new growth industries are emerging southeastern US, in the rapidly, including distribution, logistics, bio-technology, and aviation & central part of North Carolina. We are located halfway between New aerospace. York and Florida and halfway between Washington DC and Atlanta, GA. We are a 12 county region serving 1.6 million people. Twelve counties and 61 municipalities comprise the Piedmont Triad Regional Council. The Piedmont is the area lying between the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains. The Triad is named for the three largest cities in the region: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. The region boasts excellent transportation and educational facilities, making the region a hub for commerce along the mid-Atlantic region. Among the 12,000 miles of roadways in the region are Interstates 40 and 85 which bisect the region east to west and Interstate 77 running north/south. Two new interstates, I-73 and I-74, are already completed in most areas and under construction in others. Piedmont Triad International Airport is located in the center of the region and 8 additional airports handle both commuter and corporate aircraft. There are 13 colleges and universities in the region with a total enrollment exceeding 60,000. PAGE|5 Food system Defined handlers; surplus food rescue; and financial, The Piedmont Triad has prioritized its natural workforce, civic, and land and energy assets as it has grown, protecting its waters, Food system refers to all aspects of resources. An inadequate food system best farmland and forests, and most sensitive producing, buying, selling, eating, and infrastructure is like an inadequate habitats. Farms are highly productive and disposing of food. This includes production, transportation system of vehicles, roads and farmers are well-connected to regional processing and aggregation, distribution, markets. Local food production, processing, marketing, consumption, and food waste and distribution facilities enable residents to recovery. A local food system encompasses get healthy foods conveniently from local a network of all of these components, is farmers. Our region’s tourism industry is place-specific and relationship based. It can strong and growing. The region has invested encompass a county, region, or the whole in a green infrastructure network that state. supports both healthy ecosystems and a What is Food System regional greenway, blue way and trails system Infrastructure? that draws outdoor enthusiasts from both Food system infrastructure covers within and outside the state. everything needed in the supply chain of activity between the consumer and the producer, be that a farm, fishery or community garden. The supply chain involves bridges - it is difficult to get where you want such businesses and resources as seed, feed to go in food and farm markets without and compost suppliers; equipment repair and reliable food supply chain facilities and fabrication services; food processors; services. distributors; retail outlets; professional services such as logistics managers and waste PAGE|6 Regional Food System Strengths PAGE|7 The Census of Agriculture, taken only once revenue of $ 4,589,000. Farmers markets are the produce. This region includes 125 farmers every five years, examines land use and an integral part of the urban/farm linkage and markets, roadside stands and produce markets. ownership, operator characteristics, production have continued to rise in popularity, mostly due The Piedmont region, like much of the United practices, income and expenditures. States, is experiencing an extended In the latest census which was period of low employment and under completed in 2012 , it was found employment. At the same time, there that this region has 1,081,709 acres is a renewed interest in local foods to of farmland and 10,373 farms, foster healthier North Carolinians and which over half of those farms are protect and preserve the rural animal farms. Since the 2007 landscape. There exists a great census, the region has seen an potential for the production, increase in Agritourism as a source aggregation, processing and sale of of revenue for local farmers with local foods to further public health and 223 farms utilizing Agritourism and land preservation goals while recreational activity. promoting sustained economic For over 25 years, Community recovery and fostering resilient local to the growing consumer interest in obtaining Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a economies. fresh products directly from the farm. Farmers popular way for consumers to buy local, markets allow consumers to have access to seasonal food directly from a farmer. In the locally grown, farm fresh produce, enables Piedmont Triad at least 97 farms sell produce farmers the opportunity to develop a personal through the use of CSA which is up 28% since relationship with their customers, and cultivate 2007. In contrast 989 farms are able to sell consumer loyalty with the farmers who grows directly to the consumer and have seen a gross PAGE|8 These infographics provide a visual interpretation of the 2007 & 2012 Census of Agriculture data, which is collected and maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all 100 counties in North Carolina. The infographics are intended to provide each county and council of government region with a simple, clear snapshot of local agriculture and the many ways in which it impacts local economies. Agriculture as Economy in the Piedmont Triad Region PAGE|9 PAGE|10 PAGE|11 PAGE|12 PAGE|13 PAGE|14 PAGE|15 The University Farm is a working, producing accounts that support the Agricultural Research farm that raises crops and livestock, including Program. Vegetable crops are often donated to dairy and beef cattle, poultry, swine, horses, local charities that feed the needy, such the meat goats and sheep. Students and faculty in Society of St. Andrew. the College of Agriculture and Environmental This 492-acre working farm features active Sciences use the farm for research and livestock and horticultural production, making education. The campus Cooperative Extension it possible for N.C. A&T to honor the land grant Program uses the farm to test and demonstrate university mission of learning, discovery and new crops and farming practices before engagement with the farming community. introducing them to the state’s farming community. Fulfilling that mission is crucial for North Carolina, where agriculture is worth $71 billion Feed crops for the farm’s livestock are raised a year and is the state’s largest industry, here, as well as new vegetable and specialty employing more than 17 percent of the crops. The farm is also the site of research on workforce. sustainable agriculture and natural resources conservation, including swine waste research The University Farm at N.C. A&T plays an and soil conservation. important role in maintaining the viability of the agricultural industry. Here, we educate In the early days of N.C. A&T, the farm tomorrow’s agricultural professionals, research provided much of the food for the campus new agricultural products and practices, and cafeteria. Nowadays, farm products such as advise farmers on methods to improve hogs, milk and beef cattle are sold to productivity. wholesalers. The proceeds are returned to the University’s general fund, or are returned to PAGE|16 The roots of today’s Foster-Caviness Foods trace lasting relationships with local farmers. The end result is a back to 1902. Two families, Foster and Caviness, began a small supply of fresh,
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