Come to the Table Blog

We are getting ready for our next Come to the Table Conference, which will be held on October 3-4, 2024. In order to make sure our conference is reflective of the issues and opportunities our partners are experiencing, we will be facilitating four virtual listening sessions to glean ideas, concerns, and more from you.

More than 41 million Americans who receive SNAP benefits will experience a significant change in their benefit amounts for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

Since its inception in 2003, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture (BRWIA) has worked hard to help build an equitable, sustainable High Country local food system in Northwest North Carolina. Enjoy this Q&A below with the Come to the Table team and Rachel Kinard, the BRWIA Double Up Food Bucks & Farmers Market Manager.

Stories also move people to action, help us understand the world and others more clearly, and foster a deep-seated empathy. This is even more true for faith leaders, who communicate truths about our relationship with God and neighbor, not through data, facts, or figures, but through stories – both ancient and ongoing.

In the fall of 2022, Come to the Table helped facilitate the creation of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project in the Sandhills region of North Carolina, between the Sandhills AGInnovation Center (SAIC) and Pinehurst United Methodist Church.