We support agriculture programs, community gardens and urban farming and protect land to ensure our region can grow fresh, local food for generations to come.  North Carolina has a strong, deeply-rooted history in agriculture—it remains our state’s single largest economic driver.

TLC holds protective conservation easements on or near some of our area’s most famous farms – like Maple View and Chapel Hill Creamery – so that these farms can remain farms, in spite of increasing pressure from development.

TLC’s 270-acre Irvin Nature Preserve & Farm serves as an educational incubator for small farmers, beekeepers and non-profits addressing hunger, like the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.

Thousands of pounds of fresh, healthy food are grown each year, feeding refugee and need-based families in our community.