Local Foods
The Rowan County Center Local Foods contact is Darrell Blackwelder.
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Retail Ready for Local Foods
Farmers who are interested in new marketing opportunities can learn what grocery store buyers and other retail buyers are looking for in N.C. food products at this workshop offered … MORE »Posted: 2/20/13Blueberry Plants are a Great Addition to Your Landscape
The Rowan County 4-H Program is selling small fruit plants to support 4-H activities throughout the year. One type of small fruit they are selling is blueberries. Varieties of … MORE »Posted: 2/18/13Muscadine Plants Available for Purchase to Help Fund 4-H Program
Rowan County 4-H is offering two types of muscadines through their annual spring plant sale. The two types available are Southland and Tara. Southland muscadines are black in color … MORE »Posted: 2/5/134-H Selling Berry Plants this Spring
Rowan County 4-H is now taking orders for their annual Spring Plant Sale. Varieties available include: strawberries – Allstar; blueberries – Baldwin, Delite and Tifblue; blackberries – Natchez and … MORE »Posted: 1/10/134-H Spring Plant Sale
Rowan County 4-H is having a Spring Plant Sale. Plants available are strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, muscadines, and fig trees. The deadline to order is Thursday, February 28, 2013. … MORE »Posted: 1/8/13LINKS
- Center For Environmental Farming Systems
- North Carolina Food Advisory Council
- Retail Ready for Local Foods Registration Form
- Salisbury Farmer's Market Facebook Page
- Salisbury Farmer's Market Website
- Statewide Action Guide for Building a Local Food Economy in NC
- The Bread Riot
Partnerships and Organizations
Publications, Information, and News
- Food Safety and Home Food Preservation
- From Farm to Fork: A Guide to Building North Carolina's Sustainable Local Food Economy
- Growing Small Farms - NCCE Chatham County Center
- Start a community garden
- Start a workplace CSA


