Spectrum News 1 conducted a human interest story on CFT Market, including our pop-up farm stand on Fridays, with features from local residents.
Shirley Hathcock, who lives in the Hoskins neighborhood, welcomes the farm stand, which is closer than the grocery store.
“It’s closer for me, and it’s harder for me to get out and do things,” Hathcock said.
Her neighborhood is in a food desert. The USDA defines it as an area with 20% poverty rate where a grocery store is more than a mile for a third of the population.
The farm stand aims to help with food insecurity.
“This pop-up is accessible, walking distance for a lot of people, so yeah it’s amazing,” Hoskins Mill HOA President Chris Smalls said.
Reporter Estephany Escobar interviewed CEO Zack Wyatt and Executive Chef Ryan Forte in the Market’s commercial kitchen.
“We’re also trying to utilize this entire facility to jumpstart revenue for our entire regional farming community: North and South Carolina. And it’s really being able to again, increase this to scale so we can work with big institutions, hotels, restaurants, etc., as well as community,” Wyatt said.
To watch the feature, click here: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-sandhills/news/2024/08/15/carolina-farm-trust
