Categories
Uncategorized

Moving Beyond Hunger Summit

On June 22 the Capital Area Food Network (CAFN) will host a free food summit, Moving Beyond Hunger: Food Systems for Food Security in Raleigh. CAFN is a community of Wake County citizens working together to support, sustain, and improve our local food system. CAFN was developed out of the effort of the Raleigh Wake Food Policy Council Taskforce in the fall of 2013 in an effort to fill prevalent gaps in our local food system. Through grassroots efforts, CAFN became an official nonprofit organization in 2015. CAFN membership includes passionate Wake County citizens who are involved in all aspects of our food system – farmers, entrepreneurs, scientists, nonprofit professionals, and educators.

The food summit will bring together diverse voices, policy makers, and food organizations from around the county and will help launch food security as a shared goal for our communities. In a food secure county, everyone will have access to enough affordable, nutritious food to lead a full, healthy life. Achieving this, and eliminating hunger, will require all of our best ideas and shared efforts. During the summit, we will hear from experts on food security and food policy, learn from those doing good work around us, and work together to define a vision for a food secure Wake County.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT) –
WHERE: The Glenwood Club – 3300 Womans Club Rd., Raleigh, NC 27612 –
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/moving-beyond-hunger-food-systems-for-food-security-tickets-25131383645

Categories
Uncategorized

Celebrating a Sustainability Pioneer, Charly Kerr

On Thursday, April 21, during the City of Raleigh’s annual Environmental Awards presentation parishioner Charly Kerr was recognized for his outstanding work on environmental stewardship. Charly owns the Chick-fil-A restaurant at 8860 Six Forks Rd.

For several years, he has been out to demonstrate to the world that within the fast food industry vast improvements can be made so that restaurants will operate in a more environmentally friendly and sustainable way. There are those who think that the very concept of fast food is inconsistent with being green because fast food is based on large-scale, low-cost, high energy, and intense fuel and agricultural use.

Charly has studied and analyzed basically every aspect of his operations to find ways to lower his environmental footprint, operate in a more sustainable way and improve consumer and environmental health. A foundation of his work is that ethical as well as ecological considerations need to be at the heart of business decisions. Charly is also working for change in other Chick-fil-A restaurants as well as at the corporate level.

It is very appropriate to recognize, congratulate, and thank Charly for being a moral leader and pioneer. His story can be used as a model for other business leaders. As a society, we need to acknowledge that just because business has always been done a certain way that doesn’t mean it has to be the right way. Our faith calls us to explore new ways to live on Earth so that both the planet and all life may flourish.