Jeff Hamm hosts Zack Wyatt, President and CEO of Carolina Farm Trust, to discuss how to strengthen our local food systems.
In this episode, Zack brings us up to date on CFT’s progress with their urban farm developments and plans for the future, with a feature for our upcoming Systems Change Conference on September 9 and 10 in Statesville, NC.
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Mariah Henry, Director of Urban Agriculture for Carolina Farm Trust, was quoted in Martha Stewart regarding the best time to harvest tomatoes for maximum flavor.
She discusses tomato stages, and says you can harvest at any time after stage four for mature tomatoes. “You can harvest at stage two to reduce cracking [when a tomato splits or breaks] and insect damage,” she says.
Read more here: https://www.marthastewart.com/how-to-harvest-tomatoes-8671924
Homes & Gardens featured our Urban Director of Agriculture, Mariah Henry, as an expert source on watering a vegetable garden.
“Mariah Henry, director of Urban Agriculture at Carolina Farm Trust, claims ‘5am-7am is best’ and recommends avoiding the afternoon during the hotter months ‘to increase water retention’.
She says: ‘When it’s warmer outside the water can evaporate and reduce the plants’ ability to absorb water.’ It would be a garden watering mistake to head out with the hose or switch the sprinklers on in the middle of the day as plants won’t gain as much at the hottest times.
‘If you miss a morning watering, don’t fret. Pick back up in the early evening,’ says Mariah Henry. However, one added risk of watering later in the
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At Aldersgate Senior Living Community, the residents aren’t just growing older. They’re growing food – for their surrounding community. On a seven acre patch of land in East Charlotte, the retirees from Aldersgate are working the soil, along with volunteers from Carolina Farm Trust and neighbors in Windsor Park, to provide fresh-from-the-farm produce to local families.
We chat with Zack Wyatt of the Carolina Farm Trust is focused on revolutionizing the food systems in the Carolinas through regenerative farming practices and sustainable approaches. The Carolina Farm Trust has four pillars—Farm Apprenticeship Program, Food is Health Program, Urban Farm Network, and CFT Market & Distribution Center that are integral to their mission of fostering a healthier, more sustainable food system from farm to table.
Zack Wyatt grew up in Northern Virginia. His family were caretakers of a 300 acre old dairy farm where they had a large garden, pigs, horses, chickens, and when he was young, he worked on neighboring farms. After graduating from Coastal Carolina University in 2003 with a degree in
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Carolina Farm Trust CEO Zack Wyatt discusses his team working to revitalize a prominent Black community in Charlotte.
https://www.qcnews.com/queen-city-news-now/urban-farm-group-focused-on-west-charlotte-revitalization/
https://www.wfae.org/show/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2024-04-15/solutions-for-food-insecurity-in-the-mecklenburg-county-and-beyond
Nearly 15% of Mecklenburg County’s households are considered food insecure, which means they have a reduced quality and variety of diet, may eat less, and have eating patterns that are disrupted due to lack of money and resources. It’s an issue that plagues communities across the country.
Local groups as well as Mecklenburg County are working to provide relief for residents who live in food deserts — notably as grocery prices continue to rise.
The nonprofit Carolina Farm Trust is scheduled to open the first phase of its new market this spring. The goal of the market, located in northwest Charlotte, is to bring jobs, partnerships, and healthy foods to an area considered to be a food desert.
We also explore how the pandemic impacted food deserts, the role of community partnerships to combat food inequity, and the solutions being proposed to address the underserved.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CN) — Chris Peake remembers growing up in West Charlotte in the 1970s. As a boy, he worked at the Mr. Quick store on South Hoskins Road in the Thomasboro-Hoskins neighborhood.
Working in the shadow of a bustling egg-processing facility behind Mr. Quick, Peake cleaned the parking lot every day until it was spotless. He spent his earnings on arcade games and food at the store.
Growing up, Peake didn’t have to worry about access to fresh food. John’s Grocery Store was just up the road from Mr. Quick. There was another grocer up on Bradford Road. Trucks lined up at the egg factory, highlighting the link between Peake’s home neighborhood and the region’s farms and food sources.
It was a thriving community with everything it needed in one place. “This was like ‘Happy Days,'” Peake, now 53, recalled last week in an interview with Courthouse
Tener la oportunidad de obtener productos frescos, saludables y a buen precio! Este es solo uno de los objetivos de un proyecto que está llevando a cabo Carolina Farm Trust al oeste de Charlotte. La primera fase del proyecto estará listo en mayo 2023, según nos dijeron.
Peake was raised across the street from 511 S. Hoskins Rd., the site where Carolina Farm Trust, a nonprofit working to strengthen local food systems, will develop their local foods distribution and production center in west Charlotte.
Why it matters: Food insecurity in west Charlotte has been an issue for decades, and a lack of access to healthy food has
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