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NC s craft beer scene has a diversity problem. Scholarship initiative aims to help.
Apr. 1 The American craft beer boom has not been a diverse one.
In a 2018 survey of its members, craft beer trade group the Brewers Association reported that 88% of brewery owners are white and that only 1% of breweries were Black-owned. At the time, there were around 8,000 breweries in the country.
But a new scholarship program among North Carolina s acclaimed beer scene aims to improve diversity in the industry.
Named the Many Faces Initiative, the program will host interns at four breweries and one cidery in North Carolina.
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