Welcome to Carteret Local Food Network!
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes a more resilient and equitable food system in Carteret County, North Carolina by strengthening the relationship between local farms and local consumers.
Our work is rooted in the belief that everyone in the community should know and support their local farmers and have access to healthy and sustainable food options, regardless of their income or background.
At Carteret Local Food Network, we believe in the power of community and local agriculture to create a more equitable and sustainable food system for all. We are committed to working with our partners and supporters to build a stronger, more resilient food system in Carteret County and beyond.
On our webpage, you will find more information about our mission, our programs, and how you can get involved in our efforts to create a more equitable and sustainable food and farming system.
Crop Mobs
Farmers often need a lot of extra help and luckily there are helpers in our community.
We host CROP MOBS to bring these groups together
on the 3rd or 4th Sunday of each month.
We need volunteers to weed, plant, harvest, turn compost piles,
lay plastic & fill sand bags, and lots more farm chores.
Sign up and bring a friend!
Bring a reusable water bottle, gloves, hat, sunscreen, assorted farm tools (with your name!).
We provide water, snacks, applause!
Honey for Sale
Honey Bees are working overtime this early in the spring, drinking nectar and collecting pollen for honey storage. Local beekeepers are ready to sell delicious, local honey made from these pollens which may reduce allergy sufferers' symptoms by slow exposure to the pollens over time. What a beautiful prescription!
Local beekeepers include:
Two Bees Farm, Tanya & Travis Watson, Newport, twobeesflowers.com
Promise Land Honey, Jeff & Kelly Toms, Morehead City, 252-726-7514
Bight Bees, Kathleen & Michael Gielink, bightbees.com
Also Garner Farms and Willis Farm have their own hives and honey.
Also commercial beekeepers Scott & Julie Taylor of Triple S Bees sells their honey at Friendly Market and Ace Hardware in Swansboro.
Be Aware! Local honey usually sells for $1.00 per ounce!
This is important and expensive to produce.
Please don't be fooled at the grocery store with cheap imitations made from some sugar (sucrose or fructose usually)
and labeled deceitfully.
These are still sweet but made without bees or pollen.
Also please realize that real honey can crystallize, just wait for it to reliquify by putting jar in a bowl of hot water.
Don't put in microwave! (ask me how I know...)
In September 2024, we hosted a 'Honey Sommelier' to visit the Carteret Community Culinary School and treat us to some wild honey tastes. These are the beekeepers who let us taste their honey.
What a fun evening!
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Cedar Arches Farm - Snow Camp, Alamance County
Triple S Bee Farm - Scott and Julie Taylor, Stella, Carteret County
Tar River Beekeepers - Eric and Trudy Garris, Pitt County
Long Run Farm - Ed Stemborowski, Marshville, Union County
Killer Bees Honey - Sean Collinsworth and Denise Altay, Lake Toxaway, Brevard County
Garner Farms 12-Week CSA Box
Join Garners Farm 12 Week produce box subscription starting May 2nd/3rd 2025. Each box is filled with $30 worth of fresh veggies including tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, zucchini, squash, potatoes, seasonal fruit, and more.
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Strengthening
community relationships
Our mission is to strengthen the relationship between local farmers and local consumers in Carteret County, NC.