Executive Director and Vicksburg Resident honored in Miss. Top 50

VICKSBURG, MISS. (VDN) — Martha Allen Price, executive director of Extra Table, has been recognized as one of Mississippi’s Top 50 leaders in the Culture & Community category. The annual award honors individuals making a significant contribution in business, media, politics, and community service across the state.

“This award reflects the work of Extra Table has done over the past 15 years to fight hunger across Mississippi,” Price said. “Every plate tells a story, and I am grateful for the opportunity to continue advocating for food security in our state.”

Since 2020, Extra Table has provided healthy food, free of charge, each month to Vicksburg’s Storehouse Food Pantry, which supports local families with nutritious meals.

 Under Price’s leadership, the organization has grown by 174% in the past five years. Through this success, Extra Full red beans and rice meal kit packing program was launched. Last September, The Vicksburg Young Professionals and approximately 100 volunteers, packed 10,000 meals for our community in under two hours with Extra Full. This provided meal kits to local non-profits and food pantries that are tackling food insecurity.

For a full list of Mississippi Top 50 honorees, visit the MS Top 50 social media pages.

About Extra Table
Extra Table is a statewide, nonprofit food bank founded by well-known restaurateur Robert St. John in 2009. We fight hunger differently by fundraising to purchase new, healthy, shelf-stable food, which we deliver to our 63 food pantry and soup kitchen partners across Mississippi every month at no cost to them.

For more information, visit extratable.org.