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More than 700 participate in first ‘Farm to Fork Ride or Run’ for Extra Table The 32-mile bike ride at the inaugural "Farm to Fork Ride or Run" begins Saturday. (Source: WDAM) By Charles Herrington | May 8, 2021 at 5:59 PM CDT - Updated May 8 at 6:00 PM LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Hundreds of people turned out Saturday morning to raise money to help feed hungry people in Mississippi. More than 400 cyclists and more than 300 runners gathered in Lamar County at the Barn at Bridlewood for the inaugural, “Farm to Fork Ride or Run.” It was a benefit for Extra Table, a n...

By Marshall Ramsey Apr 14, 2021 12:00 PM In this episode of Mississippi Stories, restauranteur and author Robert St. John sits down with Mississippi Today Editor-At-Large Marshall Ramsey to discuss St. John’s long career in the restaurant business. With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting local independent restaurants particularly hard, St. John shares how it has affected both his businesses and his charity Extra Table (which won a 2021 GIVE Award for its efforts to feed food-challenged Mississippians during the pandemic.) St. John also talked about his partnership with watercolorist Wyat...

Four weeks of food collection came to an end in Gulfport today as everyone involved with the March of the Mayors boxed food ready for distribution.

Extra Table hosts inaugural March of the Mayors food drive Extra Table hosts inaugural 'March of Mayors' food drive By Jasmine Lotts | March 12, 2021 at 8:20 PM CST - Updated March 12 at 9:41 PM GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - More than 40 tons of food made its way to pantries from Extra Table’s “March of the Mayor” event. The inaugural effort challenged 10 cities, along the Gulf Coast to collect food donations to those in need. For the past month, cities have been donating food items and on Friday, those items were packed in food boxes. We’re told the organization is specifically distr...

The Gulfport School District collected over two tons of peanut butter for the March of the Mayors Food Drive.