News & Updates
Voter Engagement Resources
While much attention is placed on our presidential elections every four years, other electoral races, like municipal races, take place every year in our own backyards. Exercising your right to vote in the November general election is critically important, but it is...
Building on Higher Ground: Community Resilience Strategies for the Storms to Come
With the support of a generous grant from the American Red Cross, and in partnership with the North Carolina Office of Recovery & Resiliency, the NC Rural Center is excited to announce an introductory series of four FREE webinars during the month of October on...
NC Rural Center Announces New Executive Director of Recently Launched National Nonprofit
NC Rural Center Announces New Executive Director of Recently Launched National Nonprofit Raleigh - Armeer Kenchen, appointed member of the Durham Planning Commission, has joined the NC Rural Center as the executive director of the new nonprofit...
NC Rural Center forms Task Force to Support Small Businesses
NC Rural Center forms Task Force to Support Small Businesses With the support of a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the NC Rural Center has launched a Small Business Policy Task Force, led by a group of entrepreneurs, small-business advocates, and...
Jones Street Journal
Candidate Forum Recap We’ve all heard the saying “knowledge is power,” which was exactly the impetus behind the virtual, nonpartisan candidates forum, Farms, Food, and Hunger: A Conversation with Candidates, held on September 9. The forum created a space to hear...
Applications Open for NC Rural Center’s Homegrown Leaders Training Program in Eastern North Carolina
Applications Open for NC Rural Center's Homegrown Leaders Training Program in Eastern North Carolina The application period for the NC Rural Center's Homegrown Leaders training is open for individuals who live and/or work in the following counties in Eastern North...
Legislative Tracker
The North Carolina Rural Center’s advocacy platform, Rural Counts: 10 Strategies for Rural North Carolina’s Future, presents a framework for creating a stronger rural economy in the context of a rapidly changing state. Within these strategies, the Rural Center will...
Farm-to-School: Halifax County Schools and Green Leaf Farms
When you think about what sits behind a middle school, you probably think about soccer fields, running tracks, or basketball courts. But behind Enfield Middle School in Halifax County, next to the athletic fields sits a nine acre farm that grows a variety of...
Announcement from the NC Rural Center & Thread Capital
Out of an abundance of caution and care, the NC Rural Center and Thread Capital will be closing our offices, effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Please note that even while our physical offices will be temporarily closed, our entire staff will continue to work remotely...
Growing Community and Kohlrabi: Our Fiddlehead Farm
In Haywood County, North Carolina, you can find Stacey and John Michael Thompson tending to their three kids, small herd of fiber animals, and their gardens that grow the vegetables that feed families in their community. The Thompson’s farm, Our Fiddlehead Farm, sits...