Month: May 2014

We had a great event this morning touring Adams Vineyards, Wake County’s first Vineyard and Winery! Supervisors Thomas Dean and Patrick Johnson, along with Associate Board members Quincy Adams, David Adams, and Marilyn Grolitzer joined many others for breakfast and a Wake County Agribusiness Council spring farm tour.  Council members counted over 60 people in at one point!!

All local food was used in breakfast! Quincy received many questions out in the field on the tour. Looks like they really enjoyed the tour.
Everyone went home with fresh picked strawberries from our Wake County farmers.

WakeGov TV recorded lots of footage, including interviews with Commissioner Matthews and Commissioner Coble on farmland preservation.  Senator Burr, Senator Hagan, and Representative Elmers office were present. Sheriff Harrison came out to support us also.

All around great outreach for Wake County agriculture, agribusiness, conservation, farmland preservation, forestry and farms! Special thanks to everyone who made it out to the farm this morning.

PURPOSES OF THE WAKE COUNTY AGRIBUSINESS COUNCIL:

1. To increase public awareness of agribusiness and its importance to the economy.
2. To evaluate agribusiness and it’s potential for future growth.
3. To promote unity of interest among each segment of the agribusiness community.
4. To expand employment and income opportunities.

The next State Fair is months away, but the fairgrounds will host the Got To Be N.C. Festival with carnival rides and North Carolina-made food and drink samples. There’s also a barbecue cook-off, a show called Gator Wars and an expanded flea market.  And if newer things are your thing, Let’s Shop Local will host handmade arts and crafts vendors in the Graham Building.

10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, N.C. State Fairgrounds

We had a wonderful time at the Busy Bee on Tuesday night. Saw lots of Friends, made new Friends, and made plans, plans, plans for conservation in Wake County. Check out the pictures care of Bill Sandifer.

Thank to you we are sending a Wake county high school student to the week long summer Resource Conservation Workshop again this summer. Let’s start now and send more next summer Send a kid to Camp

Thank you to the Busy Bee for sponsoring ‘Beer with Friends’

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