Green Notes
New local food advisory council to meet next month
A statewide council focused on growing the local food economy in North Carolina will hold its first meeting on Feb. 2 at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.
The N.C. Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council will meet at 2 p.m. in the Martin Building. The meeting is open to the public.
State lawmakers created the council after advocates lobbied for it last year as a way to expand the production and consumption of foods grown sustainably and within the state. Read the history here and here (scroll down to March 30 post).
The council must focus its work on four subjects: health and wellness, hunger and food access, economic development, and preservation of farmlands and water resources. By law, the group mut meet at least four times a year.
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