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. Casting a wide net