Source: NCDA&CS, 4/16/14
 
Recognizing that North Carolina’s agricultural heritage must be preserved, Commissioner Troxler launched a planning team from within the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to study the formation of a Friends of Agriculture Foundation in the spring of 2010. The foundation was then created to identify and secure support to use in educating an increasingly urban society about agriculture and its importance to our freedom and national heritage. 

The N.C. Friends of Agriculture Foundation will support many initiatives, the fruits of which may not be seen for generations.

Yet at a minimum, its principal purpose will be to facilitate the creation of an agricultural museum complex on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, which
•      will be capable of hosting hundreds of thousands of visitors per year 
•      preserves the historical significance of agriculture in this state and, where appropriate throughout the country
•      is interactive
•      is supported by both public and private dollars
•      is a place that will make farmers and all North Carolinians proud of.

You will be hearing more about the N.C. Friends of Agriculture in the future, but to learn more, please visit the website.