The Piedmont Food & Agricultural Processing Center will celebrate its grand opening on Oct. 21 at 2 p.m.
The $1.4 million processing center boasts 10,400 square feet of workspace, refrigerated and frozen storage and food-production equipment, including three production rooms for preparing and packaging jams, baked goods and other specialty foods.
Farmers and food entrepreneurs began using the facility this week and can lease equipment by the hour and storage areas by the month.
The processing center is located at 500 Valley Forge Road in Hillsborough. To RSVP for the grand-opening event, visit svy.mk/PFAPrsvp. For more information, visit bit.ly/PFAPOpening