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We all scream
for ice cream ...
...and NC State can now supply it through public sales
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Roger Winstead / Creative Services |
| NC State ice cream is now available for public purchase through the NCSU Creamery. |
It used to be the public could only purchase ice cream made by NC State’s Department of Food Science once a year during the State Fair. Not any longer.
The department, through the NCSU Creamery, is now selling more than a dozen varieties of ice cream and four types of milk throughout the year.
“We’ve always had a high demand for our products,” said Gary Cartwright, coordinator of pilot plants in the Department of Food Science. “We get inundated (with requests for ice cream) after the State Fair.”
The Umstead Act forbids state agencies from selling goods that compete with the private sector. But earlier this year, the N.C. General Assembly approved an exemption for the Department of Food Science’s Dairy and Process Applications Laboratory, which makes dairy products, including ice cream and milk.
Cartwright, who oversees the laboratory, said the exemption marks a “critical milestone” toward expanding the laboratory to enhance teaching, research and extension activities, and to promote agriculture and the dairy industry.
He added that the laboratory is in the planning stages of establishing a store that will sell dairy products to the public. The store may not be opened for several years, he said.
For now, the NC State community and public may purchase orders of ice cream and milk directly from the laboratory, also known as the NCSU Creamery, during restricted times.
Walk-in sales are limited to Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Creamery, which is located on the ground floor of Schaub Hall, accepts payments through checks and IDTs (inter-department transfers). Beginning Jan. 4, the Creamery will also accept credit and debit card payments. For large orders, call the facility in advance at 515-2760.
“We’re taking this slowly, very methodically,” Cartwright said. “We want to make sure we represent the dairy industry responsibly.”
Cartwright added that revenue from sales will be used to operate the laboratory and to improve the overall capabilities of the pilot plant operation. No tax dollars go toward the operation of the laboratory.
For additional information, including prices and a list of milk and ice cream varieties, visit the Web.
Posted Nov. 18, 2005
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