Lowe's invests $50,000 in local farmer collaborative for bucket list renovation
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A grant from Lowe's is bringing a big dream renovation to life in eastern North Carolina, helping to strengthen community resources and expand access to shared food-safety infrastructure for small and beginning farmers. The Princeville-based Eastern North Carolina Farmer Collaborative has been selected to receive the $50,000 grant as part of Lowe's Community Impact program, helping to check off a bucket list renovation project that will strengthen local agriculture and expand resources for small and beginning farmers across eastern North Carolina. Through the program, Lowe's is investing a total of $10 million in Lowe's Community Impact Grants and an additional $10 million to support more than 2,000 associate-led impact projects that will improve community spaces nationwide. As one of 100 community projects in 2026 that make up this year's grant recipients, the local farmer collaborative will be able to upgrade its Educational Food Safety Center thanks to the Lowe's Community Impact Grant. The project will complete critical improvements to the Educational Food Safety Center, including a plumbed-in bathroom, covered wash-and-dry station, landscaping upgrades and additional refrigeration and storage. These improvements will provide small and beginning farmers with a safer, more functional shared space to prepare, handle and store their products while supporting food-safety...
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