Category Archives: North Carolina

A Field Trip With Friends: Hanging Out With Happy Dirt In Durham, NC

On March 21-22, 2023, we brought together a few of our friends to join us on a field trip to Happy Dirt in Durham, North Carolina.  Pastor Carolyn Cavaness of Bethel AME in Ardmore, Pennsylvania and two food ministry leaders from Kingdom Fellowship AME Church in Maryland; Brother Marcus Jean and Karima Davis joined this […]

Farmer Kelton Moore Featured In Local Paper

One of our key farming partner families is Mr. Kelton Moore and the Moore Family Farm in Blounts Creek, North Carolina.  Mr. Moore was instrumental in establishing the Down East Fresh Farming Co-op in eastern North Carolina.  He was featured in the September 2022 edition of The Washington Daily News out of Pamlico, North Carolina.  […]

Black Farm Tour

Spend #Juneteenth weekend with The Black Church Food Security Network! We’re loading up and going back “down the country” to meet Black farmers, walk their sacred lands, reconnect with our history & experience the flavors of farm-fresh food!  June 17-19, 2022 we’re headed to Virginia and North Carolina. For more details including payment information visit […]

Enjoying Faith & Farms In North Carolina

The day after my final Sunday as pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church, I was on a plane headed to North Carolina.  I was invited to speak at the Mid Year Conference of the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, Inc. (GBSCNC) – a state convention of the National Baptist Convention which is the […]