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Contacts

Team Contact
Tammy D. Kelly
County Extension Director
N.C. Cooperative Extension
Lenoir County Center
252-527-2191
tammy_kelly@ncsu.edu

Project Coordinator
Joanna Massey Lelekacs
Horticultural Science
Box 7609
NCSU Campus
Raleigh, NC  27695
919-244-5269
joanna_lelekacs@ncsu.edu

See Also

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Year 1 Project Plans and Stories

Chatham County - School Garden
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

Gaston County - Develop a Local Foods Strategic Plan that is Supported by the Community
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

Guilford County - Community Garden
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

Lee, Moore & Richmond Counties - Partner Presentation on Local Foods and Farm Tour
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

Lenoir County - Farmers' Market Revitalization
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

Swain County - Farmers' Market Revitalization
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

 

Year 2 Project Plans and Stories

Cleveland CountyBuilding Community Awareness and Involvement in the Local Food System
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians – Farmers' Market
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

Forsyth County – Increasing Awareness of Community Garden/Farm
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

Forsyth County/GreenXscapesCommunity/Educational Garden
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

Greene County – Farmers' Market
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

Montgomery County – Farm Tour
 

Project Plan
Project Summary

 

Other CBFS Efforts

SARE PDP Extension & Community Partnerships

LENOIR COUNTY: Project Plan

Goals

  1. Farmers Market Development

Key Sub Activities

Outcomes

Evidence of Activities, their Quality & Outcomes

  1. Farmers Market Development
    1. Advisory group
    2. Development of operating documents
    3. Outreach and marketing
    4. Economic impact assessment

Increased participation and support of locally grown vendors

Increased consumers and sales

 

# of farmers participating in market organization

% of support by participating farmer for developed materials

# of farmers selling at market

# consumers by day/week/season

$ impact:

  • Kinston/Lenoir market-$885,733.38
  • with multiplier- $1,129,151.41
  • tax revenue- $56,457.57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funding for this initiative provided through the USDA, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Program.