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Causes: Community Health Systems, Environment, Food, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Food Banks & Pantries, Health
Mission: Our goal is to increase access to donated fresh produce and other highly nutritious foods to area hunger-relief sites that serve the at-risk, food-insecure population by providing local farmers and food producers with free, effective delivery and distribution of their surplus.
Programs: In the last six years, we have distributed 1,724, 000 pounds of healthy food from 43 farm partners to more than 60 hunger relief sites, including food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens and low-income senior centers. The distribution of nutritious food benefits more than 22,200 adults and children each month in need of help. With the help of 170 dedicated volunteers in 2017, we rescued 354, 000 pounds of produce, organic meats and dairy. We continue to partner with several other nonprofit organizations to further identify and alleviate hunger and its associated poor nutrition throughout the region. We are committed to keeping healthy food out of landfills and diverting it to our neighbors in need.