Please save the date: Saturday, October 24th, 2 p.m. A public discussion on the future of the Guilford County Farm will take place, hosted by the McLeansville Wildlife Club at the Farm! – – – From Mr. Eddie Bridges: The McLeansville Wildlife Club has scheduled a public meeting at the Guilford County Prison Farm near…
Call to Action: SAVE the Guilford County Prison Farm Prevent Proposed Sale of 111 Acres of Guilford County Farm for Factory. The proposed county to county sale does not have to go out for bids, so it could happen fast. According to the Rhino and other sources a vote this Thursday is not impossible though…
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 12:00 am By Anne Cassebaum “The people of Guilford may not know it, but they own some of the most beautiful land in the county.” That’s what News & Record’s Susan Ladd wrote last year in the midst of sometimes secret and abrupt decisions about what to do with the…
GIBSONVILLE, N.C. — The Guilford County Prison Farm is gave away thousands of muscadine grapes for free on Sunday. Guilford County Sheriff Barnes took over the farm in 1997 as a way to provide work programs and classes for inmates. Now, according to Eddie Bridges, founder and director of the North Carolina Wildlife Association, the…
Guilford County May Sell Some Prison Farm Land To Burlington Scott D. Yost, County Editor Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:07 AM The City of Burlington is in talks to buy 111 acres of land from Guilford County for use by a giant aircraft parts production facility in Alamance County. The company is said to be…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15, 2014 CONTACT: Dewitt Hardee, director NCDA&CS Farmland Preservation Programs 919-707-3069 Farmland Preservation workshops to be held across the state RALEIGH – The N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund will hold six workshops across the state for those interested in protecting local agricultural lands. The ADFP Trust Fund…
TONIGHT: P.L.A.C.E. Meeting at Frieden’s Lutheran Church at 7pm! Discussion with New Private Investors interested in purchasing the Guilford County Prison Farm for agricultural use. They’ll share their plan at P.L.A.C.E. Board will work to learn more about their intentions. Hope to see you there!
• 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 a…
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 Prison…
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 over…
