Horses & Produce Highlight the July WCAC Meeting

The July regular breakfast meeting of the Wake County Agribusiness Council was held at the State Farmers Market Restaurant and Office Building on Wednesday, July 21.

Featured speakers at the business meeting were Sue Gray, Executive Director of the North Carolina Horse Council based in Raleigh, and Ronnie Best, manager of the State Farmers Market.

Sue discussed her organization's activities, membership status, and goals as well as the huge economic impact that the horse industry has on the state and some of the challenges that the industry is facing - especially from outside the ag sector.

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WCAC Learns About Raleigh's Downtown Farmers Market

The June regular business meeting for the Wake County Agribusiness Council was held Wednesday, June 16th at 7:15AM in Perkins Restaurant on Capital Blvd. in Raleigh (click here for a Google Map of the location). 

Special guest speaker was Hallie Mittleman who serves as the Director of Sustainability & Planning for the Downtown Raleigh Alliance. Ms. Mittleman presented our group with information on the new Raleigh Downtown Farmers Market which has transitioned from its original location in Moore Square to its current location in the City Plaza area near the new Raleigh Convention Center.

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May WCAC Meeting Focuses on Social Media

The May regular meeting of the Wake County Agribusiness Council was held Wednesday, May 19 at 7:15AM in Perkins Restaurant at the I-440 & Capital Blvd. interchange in Raleigh. 

Special guest speakers at the meeting were Caryn Caratelli (left) and Tina Allen (right) of Gibbs & Soell Public Relations in Raleigh.  They shared information on how we can become better marketers and communicators for our businesses, our organization, and the agricultural industry as a whole by utilizing the newest technologies in social media.

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WCAC Web Site Launched

The new web site for the Wake County Agribusiness Council is now live!  While there is still some tweaking to be done in the form of some minor formatting issues and features to be added, you will find that the new site is functional and ready to feature information for and by its members.

We encourage anyone with information that should be included on the site to send it to us at .  We can use calendar items, stories, photos of local events, and we really need everyone to take a look at the Member Directory to a) see if their own information is correct, and b) send us any additional information such as bio, personal photo, company logo, web site info, or anything you would like included on your page.

Let's take a quick tour of the new site...

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