We are the Capital Area Food Network, a community of Wake County citizens working together to support, sustain, and improve our local food system. We are not alone but an example of many similar groups developing in North Carolina and around the nation. 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 – like a puzzle with pieces missing. CAFN is the culmination of an effort to form a diverse community network that could address these gaps and connect members from every link in Wake County’s food system. Through grassroots efforts, we became an official nonprofit organization in 2015.