Local Food Options
Food Locator: Local Harvest
- Farmers Market:
- Wednesdays, 9:30am-2:30pm, Health Department Market, behind Herman Park Center at intersection of Herman St. and Pou St., beginning May, NC and farmer-grown produce
- Plum Tree Marketplace, across from Plum Tree B&B, Goldsboro, beginning in April, pesticide-free, locally grown produce
- Local CSAs:
- contact Charles McNair at freedomfarm4@gmail.com, AND
- Robert Jones at vtjrbj@yahoo.com to join his 2010 CSA or click here for the CSA membership form to print and mail to him
- Community Gardens:
- Public Community Garden: Wayne County Public Library, Ash Street in Goldsboro; come plant, come weed, come harvest anytime and organized workdays on Saturday mornings, once a month (contact the library for dates!).
- Goldsboro’s Freedom Farm, run by Charles McNair
wish list: a Veggie Bus, making the rounds to neighborhoods across Wayne County with fresh produce on board!
Media resources
General info and talking points
- why local for Goldsboro?
- Urban Agriculture talking points
- TOP 10 reasons to buy local
- farm bill resources
Policy Language and Practices:
- Land-use policy language and practices that will aid in supporting community gardens in a PDF packet: communitygardenpolicies (from Public Health Law & Policy www.healthyplanning.org)
- Land-use policy language and practices that will aid in supporting farmers markets in a PDF packet: farmersmarketpolicies (from Public Health Law & Policy www.healthyplanning.org)
- tips on talking to your local officials
Organizational Development in Food Efforts
Farmer/Growing Assistance
- Farm Planning Guidelines (detailed business plans and forms and networking resources for new and established farmers)
- greenhorns-guidebook (a great handbook for new farmers!)
- NC Department of Revenue ag-sales-FAQ for farmers
Community Gardens start-up
- soil testing sites for metals (NC is no longer doing metal testing in soil samples)
*TriTest (in Raleigh) 919-834-4984: $17 per metal, can mail samples or drop off
*Microbac labs (in Wilson) 252-237-4175: $15 print fee, $27 per metal, 10-day turn around time. Sample can be picked up if their driver is in the area. Will have to coordinate prior to sample date to do that.
*A&L Ag. Labs (Memphis, TN) 1-800-264-4522: $16 per metal (except mercury is $45), mail the sample to them in a ziploc bag. Can also test pH, N, P, K, etc. for an add’l $8
*A&L Ag. Labs (Memphis, TN) 1-800-264-4522: $16 per metal (except mercury is $45), mail the sample to them in a ziploc bag. Can also test pH, N, P, K, etc. for an add’l $8
