The Northern Community Food Security Team is inviting area residents to a Food Security Summit on Monday, Sept. 24. The event will take place from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the ground floor meeting room of the Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 Brooks Street. Light refreshments will be served. The meeting room is most easily accessed from town hall’s Taylor Street entrance.
Area residents from northern Wake County and beyond are invited to attend the session which will focus on developing action items designed to help ensure food security in our area.
In February, the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners endorsed Wake County’s Comprehensive Food Security Plan making the Town the first in our area to join our area’s local food council, the Capital Area Food Network (CAFN). The plan is designed to move the county towards addressing hunger now and in the future.
The local food team was created to develop and launch a viable food security plan for northern Wake County that aligns with the CAFN plan. The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners charged NCFST with enlisting community members, food security organizations, resource experts, and other stakeholders to develop activities, policies, and partnerships that will move the county towards food security and a sustainable food future.
Wake Forest Customer Service Manager Andrew Brown Jr. serves as the current chair of the NCFST. Other members include George Shaw of Wake Forest Area Hunger Ministry; Ross Yeager, director of the Northern Regional Center; Sydney Klein with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension and Capital Area Food Network; and Emoke Anderson with the Northern Regional Center.
For more information, contact Andrew Brown, Jr. at 919-435-9466 or abrown@wakeforestnc.gov<mailto:abrown@wakeforestnc.gov>.
