We are taking some time to give thanks this month. Thanks for the farmers who grow the delicious food we share around our table with friends and family at this special time of year.

We hope you enjoy our stories this month about the farmers at Open Door Farm in Cedar Grove, NC and Patient Wait Farm in Piedmont, SC and thoughtful essays by three faith leaders on food, faith and farming.

Join us in a celebration of farmers and food this month at the Sustainable Agriculture Conference, and the keynote Local Food Feast. The Feast is coordinated by Chef Isaiah Allen, creator of this month’s recipe, Chicken and Grits (one of many mouth-watering dishes he’s cooking up at the Conference). I look forward to seeing you there and celebrating the food on our table.

Thank you for all that you do,

Elizabeth Read, CFSA’s Communications and Development Director

P.S. Don’t miss our 31st annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference happening Nov. 4-6 in Durham, NC. Advanced registration is closed, but there is still plenty of room for you! Just register on-site.