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MEMBER RESOURCES
North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund
In late 2023, the NCFA team applied for and received a three-year grant from
the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission (NCTTFC) titled “From Tobacco to Sustainable Forestry.” The NCTTFC was created to assist current and former tobacco farmers, former quota holders, persons engaged in tobacco-related businesses, individuals displaced from tobacco-related employment, and tobacco product component businesses in NC.
Logging is an integral part of the forest products’ circular economy. Without loggers, landowners are not able to harvest crops from their land; sawmills, pulp, and paper mills won’t have inventory to create products; and global consumers are unable to purchase the forest products they rely on in their daily lives.
Through the Forest Education and Conservation Foundation (FECF), this grant will educate logging business owners on how to support historically tobacco- dependent communities to weather the current economic turbulence. The FECF will leverage the NCFA’s ProLogger certification program to host new business training workshops, increase video resources made available to address logging/ forestry-specific challenges, develop business training resources, and increase access to training materials throughout North Carolina’s logging community.
Health and
Wellness Trust
Earlier this year, the NCFA teamed up with Cobbs Allen insurance agency and Blue Cross Blue Shield NC to offer exclusive health plans to our members who operate a forestry-related business and have one common law employee. To date, 100 active NCFA members have enrolled!
Scan the QR code to review your benefit options and keep an eye out for the next open enrollment period.
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