Always Local List

Appalachian Food Services has developed (and will continue to add to) an Always Local list of products served in our dining facilities. Look for the Always Local icon to identify these items in the Food Services concepts:

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Always Local List

We are currently purchasing 10% from local sources and look to increase this percentage in future years. We want to establish lasting and beneficial relationships with local farmers and producers, as well as help develop a stronger local economy by supporting NC businesses.

What is "Local"

Appalachian Grown™ products
Got to Be NC / Goodness Grows in NC products
NC products
Regional products (grown and produced within 250 miles of Appalachian)
Third-party certified products

Note: Some items may fall into two or more categories

CATEGORY	ITEM(S)	Appalachian Grown™	Got to Be NC / Goodness Grows	NC	Regional	Third-party
Beverages	ASU Bottled Water ~ Deep Gap, NC			X
Beverages	Conrad's Coffee ~ Boone, NC			X
Beverages	Conrad's Organic Coffee ~ Boone, NC			X		X
Dairy	Eggs – various locations, NC			X
Dairy	PET Milk Products ~ various locations, NC			X	X
Dairy	Stonyfield Farm Organic Yogurt					X
Grains	Don Pancho Tortillas (flour, spinach herb, tomato basil, wheat) ~ Halifax, NC			X
Grains	Midstate Mills, Inc. Tenda-Bake Cornmeal ~ Newton, NC		X	X
Grains	Midstate Mills, Inc. Grits ~ Newton, NC		X	X
Grains	Sara Lee or Earthgrains Breads (white and wheat sandwich breads, hamburger buns, hotdog buns) ~ Valdese, NC			X
Grocery	Drake's Fresh Pasta Company Products* ~ High Point, NC			X
Grocery	Hospitality Mints ~ Boone, NC			X
Grocery	Light Life Organic Tempeh					X
Grocery	Mt. Olive Pickle products ~ Mt. Olive, NC			X
Grocery	Orange Bakery Inc. Turnovers (apple & cherry) ~ Huntersville, NC			X
Grocery	Pasta Wench Pierogi ~ Boone, NC	X	X	X
Grocery	Texas Pete Hot Sauce ~ Winston-Salem, NC			X
Grocery	Tropical Fruit & Nut Products ~ Charlotte, NC			X
Meats	Cangialosi Specialty Meats Meatballs ~ Greensboro, NC		X	X
Meats	Carolina Turkey Rotisserie Turkey Breast ~ Garner, NC			X
Meats	Case Farms Fresh Chicken Products ~ Morganton, NC			X
Meats	Chandler Foods BBQ Pork ~ Greensboro, NC			X
Meats	Case Farms Fresh Chicken Products ~ Morganton, NC			X
Meats	Goodnight Brothers Country Ham ~ Boone, NC		X	X
Meats	House of Raeford Fresh Chicken ~ Rose Hill, NC			X
Meats	House of Raeford Turkey products (burgers, pastrami) ~ Rose Hill, NC			X
Meats	Marjac Fresh Chicken Products ~ Gainesville, GA				X
Meats	North Fork Farms Beef ~ Zionville, NC	X		X
Meats	North Fork Farms Bratwurst ~ Zionville, NC	X		X
Meats	Swaggerty's Pork Sausage (links & patties) ~ Kodak, TN				X
Meats	Wayne Farms Fresh Chicken Products ~ Oakwood, GA				X
Produce	Appalachian Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Farm ~ Boone, NC			X
Produce	Lett-US-Produce Distributor Produce ~ Boone, NC	X		X	X
Produce	Moretz Mountain Orchard & Farm Apples ~ Boone, NC	X		X
Produce	New River Organic Growers Produce ~ Boone, NC	X	X	X		X
Produce	Pilot Mountain Pride, LLC Produce ~ Mt. Airy, NC			X
Produce	Sweet Potatoes ~ various locations, NC	X	X	X