Support Our Local Farmers
Thursday, May 19th, 2011A last minute request of support for Orange County’s agricultural community. The PFAP program is working “to create a strong base to help launch and grow new food-businesses in the Piedmont, focusing on a 75 mile radius in all directions.” Orange County is home to a wide variety of farms producing specialty items for the local market.
Strengthening our local choice is critical to our community’s long term success. Please take a moment to review the program, their grant with an eye towards lending your support.
Letters of support needed by noon tomorrow! The Piedmont Food and Ag Processing Center is collaborating with Piedmont Grown on a USDA/NCDA specialty crops grant . We could use a few more letters of support. The goal of the project is to increase knowledge and consumption of specialty crops by children and adults.
The project has four deliverables:
1) Monthly educational programs at PFAP,
2) Monthly outreach events across the 37-counties served by Piedmont Grown,
3) a public awareness campaign using mass media, and
4) a children’s activity and coloring book featuring easy to prepare recipes that use specialty crops.
Kindly send them to nranells@co.orange.nc.us by 2 pm on Friday May 20th to ensure they are included in the grant packet.
