Sharing Community Wisdom

For latest updates, visit HELENE RESPONSE page. To update resources, email jenn@wncfoodjustice.com

Bounty & Soul (Buncombe County)

• Produce to the People Manager

Smith's Hidden Meadow Farm, Franklin

• Farm Caretaker

NC Cooperative Extension (Western counties)

• Area Specialized Agent- Ag Business & Marketing

Davidson County Local Food Network(DCLFN)

• Executive Director (part-time)

Community Food Strategies:

• Community Mobilizer

Volunteer Opportunities

Bounty & Soul:

• Social Media and Communications Intern

Eliada & Bounty and Soul:

• Contact: Erica Blumenfeld  eblumenfeld@eliada.org to get signed up!

Foothills Foodhub Volunteers (McDowell County)

Grant-Writing Support:

Jack Shultz, Ed.D.

American Rescue Plan Technical Assistance Program

Asheville Tool Library

Buncombe: The Stephens-Lee Rec Center, Asheville

Buncombe: The Burton St Rec Center, Asheville

Buncombe: The Linwood Crump Shiloh Rec Center, Asheville

Buncombe: Southside Community Garden Pavilion, Asheville

Buncombe: The Giving Garden at the Leicester Library, Asheville

Appalachian Seed Growers Collective

Queer Farmer Network (Google Group)

Coop Gardens

National Latino Farmers and Ranchers: Training and Technical Assistance

National Young Farmers Coalition - Loan application assistance and advocacy

National Cooperative Business Association

National Black Growers Council

American Farmland Trust

Inter-Tribal Agriculture Council

National Black Farmers Association

The Socially Disadvantaged Farmer and Rancher Policy Centre

Indian Land Tenure Foundation

https://www.landloss.org/index.htmlLand Loss Prevention Project

Rural Coalition

Centre for Farm Financial Management

Farmer Veteran Coalition

Fill out the interest form if you have need for volunteers/farm-sitters or you’d like to become one.

Database coming soon - send contact details to Jenn@wncfoodjustice.com to be notified!

Find your local food pantry using the WNC Food Resources Map

Voices for Food Pantry Toolkit

Cultural Food Guide for Pantries

Leah’s Pantry Trauma Informed Pantry Trainings

NC State Extension: Healthy Food Pantry Toolkit

NC State Extension: Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide

Running a Campus Food Pantry Toolkit

Ending Hunger In America: Food Pantry Best Practices

Food Pantry Financial Management Toolkit

Find your local food council using the WNC Resources Map

NC Cooperative Extension Online Overview of Local Food Systems course

State and National Food Policy Networks

• North Carolina Local Food Council

• Community Food Strategies

• Johns Hopkins Center for a Liveable Future

Food Council Toolkits and Guides

• Community Food Strategies

• Doing Food Policy Councils Right: A Guide to Development and Action

• Collective Impact Toolkit for Food Councils

• EPA Local Foods, Local Places Toolkit

• Food Policy Capacity Assessment Tool

Healthy Food Project: Policy Drafting Companion Guide

Farm to School

• National Farm to School Network : State Farm to School Policy Handbook

• USDA Farm to School Planning Toolkit

• Farm to School Coalition of NC: Systems Change Working Group

Municipal/Community Composting

• Cornell Waste Management Institute

• Institute for Local Self-Reliance

• US Composting Council: State Regulations

• Harvard Food Policy and Law Center: Keeping Food Out of the Landfill: Policy Ideas for States and Localities

Community Gardens

• Public Health and Law Center: Community Gardening Policy Reference Guide

• Healthy Food Policy Project

Backyard Chickens

• General Code

• Community Food Strategies: Backyard Chickens in the City

Coming soon!