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.
Local Food Councils by Region:
Charlotte Area || Northeast || Southeast || Triad || Triangle || Western
Charlotte Region
- Cabarrus – Cabarrus Farm and Food Council
- Mecklenburg – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Food Policy Council
- Rowan Food and Farm Network
- Union County Food Council
To connect with food councils and partners in this region, contact Jared Cates at jared@carolinafarmstewards.org.
Northeast Region
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- Beaufort – Beaufort Heal Collaborative
- Halifax & Northampton – Grow K Youth Council, A Better Chance, A Better Community
- Nash Counties & Edgecombe – Just Foods
- 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
- Craven County
To connect with food councils and partners in this region, contact Abbey Piner at abbey_piner@ncsu.edu.
Southeast Region
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- Carteret – Carteret Food and Health Council
- Cumberland County Food Council
- New Hanover – Cape Fear Food Council
- Scotland – Scotland Grows
- Youth Ambassadors, Women & Men United for Youth & Families
Interest in Food Council Development
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- Robeson
To connect with food councils and partners in this region, contact Lindsey Carver at lcarver@foodbankcenc.org.
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
- Island CultureZ
- Regional – Piedmont Triad Food Council
- Winston Salem Urban Food Policy Council
To connect with food councils and partners in this region, contact LaShauna Austria at lwaustria@gmail.com or Gini Knight at gini_knight@ncsu.edu.
Triangle Region
- Chatham – Chatham Community Food Council
- Durham- SEEDS Youth Food Council
- Orange – Orange County Food Council
- Wake – Capital Area Food Network
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
- Catawba- Catawba County Food Council
- Cleveland – Cleveland County Food Council
- McDowell – McDowell County Local Foods Advisory Council
- Polk County
- Rutherford – Rutherford County Food Council
- Watauga – Watauga Food Council
Interest in Food Council Development
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- Far western counties
To connect with food councils and partners in this region, contact Amy Marion at amy@asapconnections.org.
Statewide
Food councils that are currently inactive
- Anson, Montgomery, Stanly Counties – Upper PeeDee Farm and Food Council
- Bladen – Bladen County Youth Ambassadors
- Brunswick County Food Council
- Dare – Outer Banks Local Food Council
- Durham – Durham Farm and Food Network
- Gaston – Gaston County Food Council
- Halifax – Roanoke Valley Local Foods Roundtable
- Johnston – Johnston County Farm and Food Council
- Rockingham – Eat Well Rockingham
- Onslow County Food Council
- Western NC Food Policy Council
- Yancey – Toe River Food Network