Agriculture is North Carolina’s top industry and serves as the backbone of our state’s economy and identity. Farmers, distributors, and thousands of other hardworking North Carolinians play a critical role in our food supply.
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the regulatory uncertainty created by broad and often arbitrary executive orders in response, highlighted vulnerabilities in our nation’s food supply chain, leading to disruption of delivery and skyrocketing prices. Local farms struggled to reach markets, resulting in the euthanasia of millions of animals and unharvested crops, depriving communities of access to fresh food. Post-pandemic, 1.6 million residents live in food deserts.
To address these issues, the John Locke Foundation has launched the Sowing Resilience project, aiming to promote policy solutions to protect and enhance North Carolina’s vital agriculture industry and increase food security, protecting the seeds of freedom, in all its forms, for future generations.
Learn more at www.sowingresilience.org