Nourishing the Carolinas
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Vision
Everyone in the Carolinas has equitable access to the knowledge of healthy foods.
Mission
Accelerate progress toward healthy behavior in Carolina communities through coordinating efforts in promoting equitable access to healthy foods, community education, and advocacy.
Our Values
Health
We work to break the cycle of food insecurity and address the root causes of poverty in our communities. We believe that healthy
lives are not possible without access to healthy foods and healthy environments where we all live, work, and play.
lives are not possible without access to healthy foods and healthy environments where we all live, work, and play.
Compassion
We believe that everyone deserves to eat. We are empathetic to those in need and we work with kindness, openness, and
sensitivity to meet the individual needs of each person we encounter.
sensitivity to meet the individual needs of each person we encounter.
Respect
We embrace each other’s differences and accept the rights of all individuals so that we may enrich the well-being of everyone.
We recognize each person’s inherent value and give due regard to the autonomy, boundaries, feelings, rights, and identity of
ourselves and others.
We recognize each person’s inherent value and give due regard to the autonomy, boundaries, feelings, rights, and identity of
ourselves and others.
Community
We believe that supporting vibrant, resilient, and thriving communities builds and enriches the health of the individuals within
that community. We challenge ourselves and others to deeper levels of conversation and action to foster dynamic and healthy
communities.
that community. We challenge ourselves and others to deeper levels of conversation and action to foster dynamic and healthy
communities.
Collaboration
We believe that everyone has gifts to share toward promoting equitable access to healthy foods, community education, and
advocacy. We use the strategic alliance of Nourishing the Carolinas to harness the power of diverse perspectives for the
sustainability and success of our mission.
advocacy. We use the strategic alliance of Nourishing the Carolinas to harness the power of diverse perspectives for the
sustainability and success of our mission.
Stewardship
We believe in careful management of the resources entrusted to us.