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NC Local Food Councils
More than 35 food councils now exist across North Carolina covering 40 of the 100 counties. These food councils are mostly organized by county, and some are more regional.
Charlotte Region
- Cabarrus – Cabarrus Farm and Food Council
- Gaston – Gaston County Food Council
- Mecklenburg – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Food Policy Council
Connect
To connect with food councils and partners in this region,
contact Jared Cates at jared@carolinafarmstewards.org.
Northeast Region
- Beaufort – Beaufort Heal Collaborative
- Edgecombe & Nash Counties – Just Foods
- Halifax – Roanoke Valley Local Foods Roundtable
- Pitt – Pitt County Farm & Food Council
- Warren – Warren County Local Foods Promotion Council
- Wilson – Wilson County Food Council Task Force
Interest in Food Council Development
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- Craven County
Connect
To connect with food councils and partners in this region,
contact Abbey Piner at abbey_piner@ncsu.edu.
Southeast Region
- Bladen – Bladen County Youth Ambassadors
- Carteret – Carteret Food and Health Council
- New Hanover – Cape Fear Food Council
- Onslow County Food Council
- Scotland – Scotland Grows
Interest in Food Council Development
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- Robeson
Connect
To connect with food councils and partners in this region, contact Abbey Piner at abbey_piner@ncsu.edu.
Triad Region
- Alamance – Alamance Food Collaborative
- Caswell – Caswell County Local Foods Council
- Davidson – Davidson County Local Food Network
- Forsyth – Forsyth Foodworks
- Guilford – Guilford Food Council
- High Point – Greater High Point Food Alliance
- Regional – Piedmont Triad Food Council
- Rockingham – Eat Well Rockingham
- Winston Salem Urban Food Policy Council
Connect
To connect with food councils and partners in this region, contact Gini Knight at gini_knight@ncsu.edu.
Triangle Region
- Chatham – Chatham Community Food Council
- Durham – Durham Farm and Food Network
- Orange – Orange County Food Council
- Wake – Capital Area Food Network
Connect
To connect with food councils and partners in this region, contact Megan Bolejack at mbolejack@caresharehealth.org.
Western Region
- Buncombe – Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council
- Cleveland – Cleveland County Food Council
- McDowell – McDowell County Local Foods Advisory Council
- Polk County
- Rutherford – Rutherford County Food Council
- Watauga – Watauga Food Council
- Yancey – Toe River Food Network
Interest in Food Council Development
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- Catawba County
- Henderson County
Connect
To connect with food councils and partners in this region, contact Amy Marion at amy@asapconnections.org.
National Food Policy Network
Join the Food Policy Network listserv for resources, events, and idea exchange with food councils and food policy advocates across the United States.
Food councils that are currently inactive
- Anson, Montgomery, Stanly Counties – Upper PeeDee Farm and Food Council
- Brunswick County Food Council
- Dare – Outer Banks Local Food Council
- Johnston – Johnston County Farm and Food Council
- Western NC Food Policy Council