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CTTT Technical Assistance Spotlight: Long’s Chapel UMC

November 2, 2020
RAFI’s Come to the Table program has been providing mini-grants to rural United Methodist Churches throughout North Carolina who have been responding to increased hunger in their communities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We had a conversation with one grantee, Rev. Tom Owens of Long’s Chapel UMC in Waynesville, to learn more about the Long's Chapel food ministry and the impact of the grant.
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SAAFON & RAFI-USA Partner in Supporting NC BIPOC Farmers

October 30, 2020
Southeastern African American Organic Network (SAAFON) and the Rural Advancement Foundation International’s (RAFI-USA)  Farmers of Color Network (FOCN) are working together this fall to facilitate farmer brigades/workdays to support infrastructure needs on BIPOC farms in North Carolina.
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Are You Surviving Well? Wells in the Wilderness

October 28, 2020
In early October, RAFI-USA and the Come to the Table program, alongside Campbell University, hosted a Community Conversations event centering on the spiritual and emotional unrest that clergy are experiencing during this time of social unrest.
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Returning Economic Vitality to Livestock and Poultry

September 29, 2020
On the eve of our first presidential debate of 2020, we want to highlight a letter RAFI-USA and others sent to both presidential candidates on the issue of fair competition in the livestock sector for family farmers and ranchers.
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RAFI-USA co-hosts NC state candidate forum 

September 28, 2020
On September 9, we joined with several other organizations to present an NC State Candidates Forum on the topics of farming, food, and hunger. We invited candidates from both sides of the aisle to join us running for the offices of Labor Commissioner, Agriculture Commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Lieutenant Governor.
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