The Alamance Food Collaborative (AFC) represents entrepreneurs from the local restaurant industry, academics from Elon University, health care system partners, non-profit leaders, farmers, and local government. This group is focused on creating infrastructure for Alamance County’s food system that will have a lasting impact and influence the health of the community and economic viability.

The AFC supports strategies to increase diverse membership by:

• Seeking connections

• Building power among community groups

• Thinking and acting collectively and collaboratively

• Paying members for their time representing the AFC

The Alamance Food Collaborative continues to work towards their 5 goals: improving community access to a just food system, improving healthy school food environments, increasing the number of short food supply exchange retail opportunities, increasing vegetable intake for residents 2 and older, and increasing advocacy at local government level for policy change. All of these goals have specific action plans in order to reach their desired outcomes.