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STREET ADDRESS Madison County 258 Carolina Lane Marshall, NC 28753 (828) 649-2411 Phone (828) 649-2020 Fax Map & Mailing Information Recent Tweets Weird winter weather prompts #garden questions, and #CoopExt provides answers | Farm Carolina [more] |
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
is based at North Carolina's two land-grant institutions,
NC State University and
NC A&T State University,
in all 100 counties
and with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Buying Local - NC 10% Campaign The newest campaign to save our farms is to spend 10% of your monthly food budget locally. A family of four will spend on average $400 a month on groceries. Ten percent of that is $40 a month you commit to buying local food. That's only $10 a week! We're about to show you how you can save 192 farmers from going out of business and preserving these beautiful farms.
We have 8,000 households in Madison County and if each household (not each individual person) would spend 10% or $40 a month or $10 a week on local food that would total $480 (dollars) X 8,000 (households) = 3.84 million dollars a year! This money would give a $20,000 dollar annual income to 192 farmers right here in Madison County.
Madison County Center gives our county's residents easy access to the resources and expertise of NC State University and NC A&T State University. Through educational programs, publications, and events, Cooperative Extension agents deliver unbiased, research-based information to Madison County citizens. We can answer your questions on a wide array of topics. To find out how we can help you, browse our site or contact us by email or phone.
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