11-20-2007

Fresh Food Drive delivers 2,900 pounds of food

Corn at Cook's Valley FarmThis Saturday, volunteers from Brown’s Sustainable Food Initiative harvested beets and squash at Cook’s Valley Farm in Wrentham, MA, capping off a Thanksgiving-timed delivery to the RI Food Bank. It’s the culmination of a Fresh Food Drive that we ran this October at our farmers’ markets at Brown, Hope High School, Armory Park and Downtown Providence. Thank you to the dozens of market patrons who donated a few bucks toward the gleaning of:

  • 1,000 pounds of sweet corn
  • 1,100 pounds of beets
  • 600 pounds of butternut squash
  • 140 pounds of tomatoes
  • 60 pounds of peppers
  • 30 pounds of eggplant

Between your dollars and many volunteer hours, 2,100 pounds of food from local farms were delivered to the plates of those who wouldn’t necessarily otherwise be able to afford fresh foods.

Thank you also to Farris at the RI Food Bank and to the Hope High School Farmers’ Market farmers that participated:

We’re lucky to live in a community where our harvests are abundant and our farmers generous.