A new wholesale market for local flower growers, called Piedmont Wholesale Flowers, celebrated its grand opening on Thursday May 11, 2017, in Durham, NC. Casey Toth | ctoth@heraldsun.com [Original article]
Wholesale Success! – Workshop 1/18
Wholesale Success is a day-long comprehensive workshop designed to help small and mid-sized fruit and vegetable farmers with one of the biggest challenges they face: helping their business grow! This program gives farmers the tools they need to make sure their produce is of the highest quality, to manage food safety and other risks, and […]
We Love a Good Mural!
We love a good urban mural for everything it brings to the community. It’s a beautiful surprise of color and design amidst a normally dull landscape. (Seeing an unexpected mural always makes me smile!) It’s a canvas for one or more artists, whether they grew up locally or are recent transplants, just coming to appreciate […]
BCC Hosts Holiday Frozen Poultry Drive
This fall, the Durham Farm and Food Network’s End Hunger Durham Initiative invited community and church food pantry coordinators to a meeting with the objective of organizing and collaborating to better serve Durham’s food insecure families. Utmost in food pantry operators’ concerns was the crucial need at this time of year for more food […]
BCC’s Newest Addition – Ungraded Produce
Duke seniors Courtney Bell and Saranya Ranganathan are the newest addition to the Bull City Cool tenant roster with their startup company, Ungraded Produce. Beginning with a trial phase in September 2016, Ungraded Produce serves Duke students, faculty, and alumni with a CSA-style delivery of produce that comes in all shapes and sizes. They specialize in […]
Urban Ag Workshops @ Bull City Cool!
On September 22nd, Bull City Cool hosted the first of Durham County Soil & Water‘s series of urban agriculture and conservation training workshops, which focused on food safety. CFSA (Carolina Farm Stewardship Association) and CEFS (Center for Environmental Farming Systems) provided technical assistance to attendees on writing and implementing food safety plans on small farms, […]
Durham, NC: Creating Space to Revitalize Community & Health
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems at NCSU featured Bull City Cool as one of several case studies about local food economy development in North Carolina. The two-page published paper, “Durham, NC: Creating Space to Revitalize Community & Health,” does an excellent job of highlighting the benefits of Bull City Cool’s business model at the […]
Durham food hub connects local farmers to local consumers
Durham, N.C. — With the rise in farm-to-table restaurants and produce delivery services, demand is growing for local food. A Durham group says there’s a gap between local farmers and the people who want their produce. The group Farmer Foodshare delivers cases of locally grown food, such as collard greens, from a food hub called […]
This Way to Community Health!
The food hub was bustling last Wednesday, as over twenty people gathered for the Partnership for a Healthy Durham’s Obesity and Chronic Illness Committee to discuss health-focused initiatives in Durham. This group is a part of a broader group called Healthy Carolinians, which is a state-wide network of partnerships that address health and safety issues […]
Meet our Neighbors – Part II
One of the best parts of neighborhood revitalization is the neighbors! The Bull City Cool Food Hub is on the same block as a convenience store, an urban garden, and a transmission shop… and they are all integral parts of our block’s revitalization. Get to know Martin of Mike’s Transmission Service in this beautiful character […]
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