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Tierra Fértil, a worker-owned Hispanic farmer cooperative, was selected by RAFI USA to receive a $5,000 grant from our Cooperative Community Fund (CCF). Tierra Fértil, which means fertile ground in English, was established during the pandemic when six community members leased and started farming a one-acre plot of land in Hendersonville, North Carolina.    …
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Thank you to all for supporting Ukraine! We donated 10% of our food bar sales from April – May 31, as well as $1 donation for the sale of each loaf of our Bread for Ukraine. It is a light rye bread studded with sunflower seeds that our bread bakers developed from memories of rye…
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Women’s Center of Wake County The Women’s Center is dedicated to serving and assisting marginalized, at-risk and homeless women seeking to break the cycle of trauma, abuse, violence, and homelessness.  Through their comprehensive clinical and holistic services, women experience transformation that lends to behavioral and physical healthcare wellness, safe and permanent housing, and dignity. The…
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Working as a professional baker at Weaver Street’s high-production bread bakery is hard work—it’s physically and mentally demanding for a team of 12 bakers to produce thousands of loaves of bread each week delivered daily to our stores before we’ve sold the first cup of coffee. Bread baker Caroline Anders has successfully drawn upon her intellect, grit, and finesse to overcome the physical challenges of the work and become an accomplished artisan baker dedicated to “making each loaf the best it can be.

One interpretation of the 2022 Black History Month theme of “Black Health and Wellness” includes literacy, education, and building the foundation for sustainable equity, equality, and inclusion. This week, we’re introducing Rofhiwa Book Café and re-introducing Book Harvest, two community partners that exemplify the uplifting of Black Health and Wellness in our community. Rofhiwa Book…
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North Carolina Black Alliance The North Carolina Black Alliance is a local nonprofit organization that focuses on addressing policy level change by developing a stronger network of elected officials that represents Black communities. This network is comprised of Black legislators, city elected officials, school board members, and local commissioners. From their Youth Engagement Program where…
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Starting in 1915 as Negro History Week observed during the second week of February, the 1960s saw an evolution of this one week to the entire month of February and the eventual recognition by President Ford in 1976 as Black History Month. Black History sat as an unnamed part of American History before September of…
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Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 17 Many met him for the first time in his letter to the editor of The Atlanta Constitution titled “Kick Up Dust.”  This letter would begin a long chapter in America’s history of one fighter for civil rights and equal opportunity. This chapter would span thirty-nine years marked…
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