Help Us Bridge to Breakthrough

We have weathered the pandemic, floods, freezes, hurricanes, and now funding delays and shifting grant priorities. Through it all, we have stayed focused on one mission: keeping farmers farming and local food on family tables across Western North Carolina.

Right now, we are asking for our community’s help to raise $25,000 in bridge support to keep operations running while major state and federal reimbursements and grants make their way through the pipeline.

This support will:

Keep farmers paid while we await reimbursements and grant decisions
Maintain our food hub operations so local pantries, community partners, and families continue receiving fresh, local food
Cover essential operating costs such as utilities, insurance, and logistics
Ensure we are ready to receive and deploy more than $500,000 in confirmed and pending funding already on the way

This is not a crisis of mission or model. It is a timing gap, and it is solvable with community support.

Every dollar helps.
Every dollar stays in Western North Carolina.
Every dollar keeps the circle of farmers and families turning.

We have built something real, something that works, and we are not walking away now. We have come too far, worked too hard, and seen too much good come from this effort to stop here.

If you believe in local farms, good food, and small rural organizations that refuse to give up, this is the moment to stand with us.

Together, we can bridge this gap and keep the work alive for the people and places we love most.

Keeping Farmers Farming. Local Food for All.

By CAROLINA COMMON ENTERPRISE

Keeping Farmers Farming. Local Food for All.