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, […]
Farmers’ Breakfast at the Hub
Three years ago, Reinvestment Partners envisioned creating a food hub… A place that would strengthen Durham’s local food ecosystem by providing space and connections to benefit local farmers, food businesses and hunger-relief nonprofits. Since then, we’ve worked step by step setting the stage to actualize this vision and create our Bull City Cool Food Hub. […]
Pitch fork to salad fork… and everything in between
Bull City Cool makes headlines again! This time the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) has featured an interview with Peter Skillern, executive director of Reinvestment Partners and “father figure” of the food hub. Who is CFSA? In their own words… …a farmer-driven, membership-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that helps people in the Carolinas grow and eat […]