Virginia Cooperative Extension - Carver Food Enterprise Center

The Carver Food Enterprise Center (CFEC) - a shared-use commercial kitchen and food business incubator operated by the George Washington Carver Agriculture Research Center, in partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension and Culpeper County - sustains and strengthens local agriculture across Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock Counties by offering affordable, certified kitchen space, job skills training, and food processing support.

Our services focus on strengthening the local food value chain in the following ways:

• Supporting food entrepreneurs by helping new and growing businesses access space, equipment, technical assistance, and market opportunities.
• Addressing food insecurity by producing healthy meals from rescued produce for food pantries and hunger relief partners.
• Building a resilient food system through job training, workforce development, and farmer support for value-added processing.