WNC From the Ground Up is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a local food hub serving the westernmost counties of North Carolina. We connect over 50 local farm partners with families facing food insecurity, running a refrigerated delivery trucks out of our 18,000 square foot facility in Sylva to make sure fresh, locally grown food reaches the households that need it most.

Envisioned prior to, but born during the pandemic from a woman's conviction that farmers in this region deserved better, we built something real from almost nothing because the mountains we call home demanded it.

The farms here are small, the valleys are narrow, and the need is deep. Your support keeps our trucks moving, our farmers selling, and our neighbors fed. Every dollar given here stays in Western North Carolina, strengthening a food system rooted in the land, the people, and the belief that community resilience is built one harvest at a time.

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