Appalachian Forest
Farmer Coalition
Forest Farming Centers & Facilities
The Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Coalition is housed at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, VA, but our partners span the length and breadth of the Appalachians (and beyond). This regional map is a list of our partners and their locations as well as facilities, training locations and places of interest to the forest farming community.
ABFFC Regional Map
Education, Training & Community Centers
Northern Centers
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Western Mass Food Processing Center
Commercial kitchen, plus entrepreneurial and natural products opportunities
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks
Food and business incubator (Ohio)
Nelsonville Business Center and Food Hub
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Southern Centers
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Eastern Carolina Food Ventures
Incubator Kitchen (Warsaw, SC)
– A natural product incubator – "11,000 square-foot shared use kitchen and natural products manufacturing facility". Supports product development, regulation navigation, marketing, equipment for bottling/packaging, etc. (Asheville, NC)
Piedmont Food and Ag Processing Center
(Hillsborough, Eastern NC)