Our Mission
We are reconnecting the food system through practical creative solutions that empower every member of the food supply cycle, from farmers and makers to nonprofits and neighbors.
Our Vision
We envision a world free from brokenness - where farms thrive, businesses flourish and neighbors unite to meet the greater need of their communities.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2026 Officers
Will Kornegay, Board of Directors President
Michelle Grainger, Board of Directors Vice-President
Rebecca Parks, Board of Directors Treasurer
Robert Kornegay, Jr., Board of Directors Secretary
Board of Directors
Will Kornegay
Ripe Revival Inc.
Founder, CEO
Ronald “Trey” Braswell, III
Braswell Family Farms
President
Billy McDaniel
Hickory Meadows Organics
Farmer
Peyton McDaniel
Hickory Meadows Organics
Farmer
Pastor Dayton Hartman
Redeemer Church
Pastor
Robert Kornegay, Jr.
Kornegay Robert D Jr PLLC Attorney at Law
Attorney
Michelle Grainger
NC Sweetpotato Commission
Executive Director
Derrick Vick
Freedom Industries, Inc.
President & CEO
Rebecca Parks
Overman & Parks, CPA PA
CPA, Owner
Nelson Long
W.R. Long Inc.
President