Public Lands for Agricultural & Community Enrichment
A non-profit [501(c)3] organization working to develop a community-based solution for the Guilford County Prison Farm directed by local citizens.
• Thank you for coming this morning. I want to thank George Teague, Sheriff Barnes and Commissioner Branson for being here, too. • I’m here today wearing several hats: o As the statewide elected official responsible for our agriculture industry; o As chairman of the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund; o As aContinue reading “May 14, 2014 Press Conference remarks from Agriculture Commissioner Troxler”
Ag official criticizes Project Haystack Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:25 pm By Joe Killian/News & Record joe.killian@news-record.com GREENSBORO — When Steve Troxler came to Guilford County on Wednesday morning, he wasn’t just here to speak as North Carolina’s agriculture secretary. He said he had another reason for calling a press conference at the Guilford County PrisonContinue reading “Ag official criticizes Project Haystack”
Ag commissioner Troxler has ‘concerns’ about Project Haystack Monday, May 12, 2014, 5:55pm EDT Catherine Carlock Triad Business Journal A feasibility study for Project Haystack predicts that a 2,000-acre multijurisdictional industrial park, incorporating Guilford County’s prison farm site and another 1,200 acres that would be acquired, would generate an estimated $6.5 billion in private investment overContinue reading “Ag commissioner Troxler has ‘concerns’ about Project Haystack”
Ag Commissioner Troxler to hold news conference Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at Guilford Prison Farm WHO/WHAT: State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler will hold a news conference to talk about the importance of working farms and the future of the Guilford County Prison Farm. He will be joined by farmer George Teague, Guilford County Commissioner Alan Branson and SheriffContinue reading “Press Conference with Steve Troxler, N.C. Agriculture Commissioner at the Guilford County Prison Farm! May 14, 2014”
NC Ag Commissioner Wants To MOW DOWN PROJECT HAYSTACK By SCOTT D. YOST May 8, 2014 In a move likely to ruffle the feathers of some economic development officials in local and state government, North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler plans to hold a press conference at the Guilford County Prison Farm near Gibsonville onContinue reading “NC Ag Commissioner Wants To MOW DOWN PROJECT HAYSTACK”
Pay to Play? By Chris Lavender/ Times-News Published: Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 14:32 PM. Cambro Manufacturing is the most recent company to enter into an incentive agreement with Alamance County and Mebane. But it’s hardly the first. The use of incentives to lure companies to the region isn’t new, the practice actually datesContinue reading “Does it Pay to Play?”
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Front and Back of Yard Signs If you would like to order these yard signs; please contact us at PLACEGuilfordNC.org. Signs are $5 each. Each sign is two sided. Help us let the whole of N.C. that we say NO to Project Haystack.
Rural threat? Officials hear concerns about development Article from High Point Enterprise regarding Guilford County Commissioners Meeting on 4.17.14 Apr. 17, 2014 @ 08:16 PM Paul B. Johnson GUILFORD COUNTY — The ongoing concerns from people who live in the incrementally receding areas of rural Guilford County were back in the earshot of elected officialsContinue reading “Rural threat? Officials hear concerns about development”
Prison grown: Inmates grow plants for sale at Guilford Prison Farm By Chelsey Stark / Times-News Published: Monday, April 14, 2014 at 17:02 PM. The Guilford County Prison Farm weathered the brutality of this past winter just fine, thank you. Now farm is ready for its spring and summer business — selling plants grownContinue reading “While Project Haystack is in the works the Prison Farm is in full bloom. “
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