Yearly Archives: 2023

113 posts

Farm and Faith Partnership Continues to Thrive in Wake County

May 11, 2023
In the Spring of 2021, Come to the Table helped launch its first ever Farm and Faith Partnership Project in Wake County, North Carolina. The pilot project, a community-supported agriculture (CSA) partnership, was organized with three local farmers of color and eight Wake County churches, and included 80 shares of produce, netting approximately $20,000 in sales for the trio of farmers.
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SFJFS Session 8 Insights

May 10, 2023
The School for Food Justice, Faith, and Storytelling (SFJFS) held its eighth and final session on April 27 featuring three types of storytelling exercises and a recap of our time together.
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SFJFS Session 7 Insights

May 10, 2023
The School for Food Justice, Faith, and Storytelling held its seventh session on April 13, featuring an interview with one of the authors and researchers behind Pressure Cooker, Dr. Sarah Bowen of North Carolina State University.
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[CLOSED] Job Opening: Farm Advocacy Program Specialist

May 9, 2023
This position will train with our Lead Farm Advocate, observing and learning from them with the ultimate goal of becoming trained as a Farm Advocate. The Program Specialist will also provide administrative support and coordinate with the Lead Farmer Advocate and the Policy Director on agricultural credit-related policy advocacy.
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Farm Bill Matters

May 1, 2023
The Farm Bill is the primary agriculture and food policy legislation of the federal government, passed approximately every five years. RAFI asked a few farmers and local food advocates to share why the Farm Bill matters to them.
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Cultivating Climate-Smart Farming

May 1, 2023
Introducing a partnership between RAFI, A Greener World, and Soil Health Institute to assist small and underserved producers with climate-smart regenerative farm planning and emissions reduction plan design, as well as incentivize participation in climate-smart practice implementation.
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Island Farming

May 1, 2023
Farmers based in the U.S. Caribbean territories face many of the same challenges as mainland farmers. However, the Indigenous and colonized histories of the islands, trends in agriculture land ownership, effects of hurricanes and climate disasters, dynamics of tourism and oil refinery industries, along with supply chain challenges combine to create unique challenges, driving an urgent need for resources to support farm resiliency.
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