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Northeastern NC’s AgAdvantage
State of the RegionFebruary 25, 2011
Dr. Johnny C. WynneDean
NC State: Locally responsive,
globally engagedResearch | Teaching | Extension
125-year history building
a stronger economy
and a better way of life
throughout North Carolina
Agriculture and Agribusiness: Leading
N.C. industry• Today:
• $74.3 billion industry • 18% of gross state
product• 17% of state’s jobs
• Tomorrow:
• Room to grow with rising world population
A biobased economy
• Farmers will continue to produce traditional commodities
• Farmers will also grow crops specifically to produce:
• Biofuels• Perfume• Drugs• Nutraceuticals• Functional foods• And more!
Vernon James Center: A commercialization
campus?• Pilot-scale extraction
facility
• Companies test and learn how best to process crops
• Significant economic development potential – new processing facilities & new jobs
Positioned for success with ag biotechnology
• Northeastern North Carolina’s assets:
• Strong agricultural heritage• Technologically sophisticated
agricultural community• Great people• Land• N.C. State University
partnerships
Positioning farmers for ag-biotech success
• Through N.C. Biotech Center’s Entrepreneurial Farmer Program, producers learned:
• Production and marketing models to create opportunities
• Contract-growing value-added products
• Risk management principles for production, financing and markets
N.C. MarketReady• Enhancing profitability of
N.C. agriculture
– Agricultural enterprise and business skills development
– Fresh produce safety– Horticultural production
skills– Strengthening markets
• Changing the way Americans use fruits and vegetables – sources of nutrients and
flavorful calories– powerful resources for
components that protect and enhance health and well-being
– economic value for North Carolina
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Plants for Human Health Institute
Empire Foods to open N.C. plantUp to 200 jobs in Halifax Co.
HALIFAX, N.C. (AP) - A food processing company plans to create 200 jobs over the next five years at a Halifax County plant that makes packaged fruits and vegetables that don't need refrigeration.
Published September 16, 2010
Entrepreneur Initiative for Foods (EI4F)
• Education and training:
• Good Manufacturing Practices• Food Safety• Engineering• Customized Courses
• Assistance with:
• Food Classification• Food Chemistry • Food Microbiology• Nutrition Labeling• Validation Services
Cooperative Extension: Agricultural Programs
• Solving production problems• Increasing profitability• Adopting new technology• Extending research for strong
economic impact
Cooperative Extension: Family and Consumer
Sciences• Nutrition• Food safety• Parenting • Human development• Aging• Housing• Community and volunteer development• Health• Family Resource Management
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
• Education in:• Nutrition• Food preparation• Food resource management• Food safety
• 1st Congressional District: 1300+ families improved nutrition knowledge through EFNEP in ’10
4-H Youth Development• Community service• Hands-on learning• Leadership skill development• 4-H’ers are:
• 50% less likely to smoke, shoplift or use drugs
• 20% more likely to be leaders• More likely to earn university
degree
Workforce prep
• Starts with education
• Bertie Early College High School for Agri-Science and Biotechnology
• Students:
• Jumpstart college
• Gain career skills
Extending the early college high school concept
• N.C. General Assembly study commission recommended:
• Creating high school at Vernon James Center to serve four counties
• Estimated start: Fall 2012
Agri-science early college high school
• Will be:
• world-class and internationally recognized
• game-changer for students
• new way for N.C. State and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to help meet local needs