Working Landscapes

Awards Issued Prior to January 20, 2025, Were Funded Under Previous Administrations and May Not Reflect the Priorities and Policies of the Current Administration. Producers and Consumers of Healthy Food in Northeastern North Carolina Do Not Have Sufficient Access to Each Other. to Address This Pressing Problem, Working Landscapes and Its Sixteen Partners (who Span the Food System From Farm to Fork) Propose to Pursue the Following Goals:goal 1: Increase Access to Healthy, Local Food Products Among the Predominantly Rural and Low-income Population of Our 21-COUNTY Region by Expanding the Products, Services and Reach of Working LANDSCAPES' Food Hub, Byway Foods. This Will Be Accomplished Through a) Supplying an Expanded Array Fresh-cut/washed Produce to 20 Institutions That Serve 60,000 Low-income Consumers; B) Collaborating With Minority-owned Farm/food Enterprises to Prepare Meals for Our REGION'S Low-income Seniors; and C) Expanding Cold Storage Access for a Food Pantry and Small Farmers.goal 2: Help Lead the Development of a Resilient Regional Food System Connecting Our REGION'S Economically Distressed, Rural Counties to Each Other and the Rest of the State. to Do This, We Will a) Facilitate Participatory Food System Assessments Across 10 Counties; B) Establish New Value Chain Infrastructure and 100 New Value Chain Linkages; C) Build the Collective Capacity of the REGION'S Small Food Organizations; D) Help Twenty Small Farmers Overcome Barriers to Wholesale Market Entry; and E) Establish a Network of Eight Food Hubs.