The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) – the group that supports and advocates for all100 counties in the state – in partnership with Wake County, the NC State Cooperative Extension and the NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, just showed the NCACC’s award-winning documentary “Resilience: Food for All” and hosted a panel discussion with elected officials and local leaders at the James B. Hunt Library in Raleigh.
The documentary spotlights food insecurity in the state and shows the effects on North Carolinians including residents from urban tech hubs to remote spaces of the mountains and the coast.
In Guilford County in recent years – especially during the pandemic – food insecurity has been a major topic, as it has been in many other counties across the state.
Chair of the Wake County Board of Commissioners Shinica Thomas stated in a press release about the showing of the film that there’s a plan in place to address that county’s food insecurity problem.
“Nearly 1 in 10 people face food insecurity in our county, many of whom are children.” Thomas stated. “Impactful events and partnerships like this are critical for the community’s engagement and education. Our innovative updated food security plan came from similar rigorous partnerships and conversations. We are also proud that the work Team Wake does each day, from farmland preservation to health and human services, helps ensure people have consistent access to nutritious foods.”
More than 300 people attended the documentary showing and the reception, where they also ate locally sourced food provided by Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.
The movie can be streamed for free from the following site:
https://www.theresiliencefilm.com/viewthefilm
There was also a panel discussion with representatives of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle organization, Wake County government, the Black Farmers Market and North Carolina State University. The discussion focused on “local food system resilience” and on ways to increase access to healthy food in the state.
NCACC Executive Director Kevin Leonard said he wants his organization and others to continue partnering with North Carolina counties on this and other issues.
He called the event “amazing” and said it was a “creative opportunity for the Association to unite county commissioners and residents to engage in meaningful community discussions.”
Through the NCACC’s 100 Strong Productions film enterprise, the NCACC intends to continue to raise awareness of innovative solutions offered by the state’s counties.
Photo above courtesy of the NCACC.
North Carolina Association of County Commissioners…. people who like being big fish in a small pond.
Hey Guys, here’s a wild & crazy notion : WHY DON”T YOU ADVOCATE TO REPEAL THE FOOD TAX ??
It was imposed by “Food Tax Terry” Sanford (D) as a temporary tax to get the state out of a cash crunch (NC had been governed by the Democrats since Reconstruction). That was 1961, and everyone in North Carolina is still being taxed on their milk and bread and apples and carrots.
The state’s coffers are currently overflowing with money. It’s time to repeal the last part of this iniquitous, regressive tax on our people.
If not now, when?
Based on most recent news, and Medicaid expansion; approx 45 out of 105 people in NC will quality for Medicaid (health insurance for the indigent). Based on the maximum income ceiling to qualify, I really don’t understand why the taxpayer has to pay health insurance for people up to 138% of the poverty line.
Of course, many of those have a problem paying for food (you can thank our Federal Govt for that). If you look at people’s shopping carts at the checkout, you will note many of their items are unhealthy, and processed. Govt even pays for sugary sodas.
Our govt Wants us to be dependent on Big Brother for all the essentials, including soda, cheese crackers, cell phones, etc. Is ketchup a food group?
This is easily remedied. Keep the government out of ir. Totally defund and dissolve all of these social programs, refund the taxpayers & let private enterprise take the reigns. People will be more willing to give and to help those truly in need, and those countless folks who are scamming us all out of money can get to work or starve. If you have a 3 year old BMW and are collecting government benefits, something is wrong… if I’ve offended anyone by saying this, good, you probably needed to hear it from someone who is more concerned with the wellbeing of the needy than your feelings.
LOL, thinking private enterprise will care about working poor people being unable to eat? What a joke. Note that businesses are having record profits during this period of inflation that modern conservatives want to blame on Democrats. LMAO.