Orange County has partnered with the local nonprofit TABLE in a three-year deal that will allow the nonprofit to use designated land for sustainable agriculture to address food insecurity. The land is on the site of the future Twin Creeks Park on Old NC Highway 86. Twin Creeks Park was part of a master plan adopted by Orange County in 2005, but the project has failed to materialize since then. TABLE, which focuses on combating childhood hunger, will instead use it to grow more fruits and vegetables and deliver them directly to food-insecure children. The agreement was approved by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on May 20 and officially signed on June 11. Based in Carrboro, TABLE distributes healthy food to 1,160 children in Orange County every week. Executive director Ashton Tippins said that with a fast-growing waitlist currently at 191 kids, an expansion of operations has been urgent for a while. “Our waitlist started in February of 2023 when the pandemic benefits ended,...