How it all started

When her family’s cycle of sickness, doctors and medications repeated itself over several years, Kat Robinson and her husband knew a big change was needed. She started educating herself and learned that the best remedy might be as close as the food on their kitchen table. A new way of eating led to a whole new way of living, and they soon found themselves surrounded by chickens, cows, greenhouses and rows upon rows of fresh food growing in their gardens.

After several years of growing and running Robinson Ranch, Kat began sharing her knowledge with anyone interested in healing their body with food. When she visited a local school and saw that only 3 of 26 kids knew what a cucumber was when they saw it, she realized the need was urgent.

In 2023, Kat formed A Bigger Table Foundation to empower more people than she could reach on her own, believing that better information and access to better food can actually change the world. Now a widely recognized voice of wisdom and experience, Kat has been called on to address legislative matters, mentor agriculture students and aspiring farmers, consult on school and community gardens and guide other nonprofits seeking to establish gardens and produce real food.

Who’s Gathered Around Our Table

  • Kat Robinson

    FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

    Kat’s background is in kids ministry and corporate training and is the owner of Robinson Ranch in Bixby. She serves on the board of the Tulsa Urban Ag Coalition and the Oklahoma Local Ag Coalition and serves regularly at her church. She is married with 3 kids, and when her family learned to live better, she became passionate about helping others do the same.

  • Jessica Stephens

    ADMINISTRATION & LOGISTICS

    Jessica has a BS in Business Administration from the University of Tulsa. Her eye for detail and years of experience in account management have enabled The Bigger Table to expand our reach exponentially over the last year. Her contributions to The Bigger Table Foundation are made from a place of passion for God, animals and her family. She says it’s important for kids to grow up understanding where food comes from and know how to make wise choices to feed their bodies well. Jessica and her husband live in Bixby, where she homeschools her two kids and serves regularly at her church.

  • Gloria Denton

    DEVELOPMENT & EVENTS

    Gloria is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach and consultant with extensive nonprofit, leadership, fundraising and events experience. She has a MA in Communication Consulting from Oklahoma State University, an MDiv from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and most of an MBA in Nonprofit Leadership. The farm life is in her roots as the best part of her childhood was spent living on an organic farm in Texas, and she longs for others to experience the joy of the outdoors and just how great real food can be. She is a wife and a mom to three kids and three dogs in Jenks, and she has served with several local and international missions.

  • Emily Loftin

    COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR

    Emily has a BS in Agriculture Business with an emphasis in Animal Science from Louisiana Tech University, and she’s done further study of soils, USDA grading qualifications and high-producing farms and ranches. She is a chicken enthusiast and homesteader who supplements her own produce with food from local growers. As a wife and mother to 3 kids in Owasso, Emily says “nothing has made our hearts fuller and bodies healthier than eating and supporting local.” A former competitive rider in cow sorting and penning, Emily was an exchange student in Australia and has done mission work in Africa, Mexico and studied agriculture in Isreal.

Board of Directors

  • Sara Fry

    Owner & Operator 181 Ranch

    This work is important to me because “I think getting back to the ‘roots’ of where our food comes from is important.'“

  • Katie Brockett

    Professor of ESL Tulsa Community College

    I do this because “the American diet is killing our friends and families. I want to be part of raising a new generation of wise and careful consumers. Education is key.”

  • Danielle Hampton

    Co-Owner Rooted Willow

    The work ABT does is essential because “teaching clean eating to our children is the origin of them living a long, healthy life.”

  • Crystal Barnhart

    Business Partner Stay-At-Home-Mom

    I believe in ABT’s mission because “healthy living has been a passion of mine for over a decade, and teaching families the importance of real food is the foundation of healthy minds and bodies.”

Robinson Ranch

We are fortunate to have Robinson Ranch in Bixby, Oklahoma as our homebase. It allows us to have a front row seat to the workings of a regenerative farm where thousands of pounds of veggies, eggs and livestock are raised and offered to others via grocery delivery to individuals, restaurants and nonprofits and through a Farm Store that carries goods from 40+ local farmers, bakers and makers.

Robinson Ranch donates supplies and space for student field trips, summer farm camp for kids, farm tours and adult skills classes as well as our highly sought-after farm-to-table dinners in the fall. The skills and experience of the farm staff are a tremendous support for our mission.

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