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Fruit and Vegetable Picking at Concrete Jungle

09.11.2020 in Farms/ Gardens

Written by Lorie Bonham, Strategic Programming and Expansion Manager VISTA. Fruit and Vegetable Picking Concrete Jungle coordinates approximately 70 volunteer events per year, engaging more than 960 volunteers from the Atlanta metropolitan community. Through this work, Concrete Jungle educates participants on Atlanta and Georgia’s horticultural…

Concrete Jungle

09.11.2020 in Current Host Sites (National)

Concrete Jungle, an Atlanta-based nonprofit, recovers the abundance of ignored, fresh produce growing in our streets, yards, and parks to meet health and nutrition needs of our homeless and food insecure population

Plant Starts in Pierce County with Emergency Food Network

08.04.2020 in Plant a Row/ Starts

Towards the end of the growing season (October in Pacific NW), start visiting local stores and writing letters to seed companies asking for donations of last year’s seed. It helps to include your Employer Identification Number (EIN) in your letter to prove your organization’s non-profit status and to allow the donor to deduct donations from their taxes..

Emergency Food Network

08.04.2020 in Previous Host Sites (WA)

EFN began as a program in 1982 when the leadership of FISH Food Banks, Tacoma Rescue Mission, Salvation Army, and Associated Ministries recognized a great need in our community to resource emergency food collectively..

Thurston County Food Bank

08.04.2020 in Previous Host Sites (WA)

Thurston County Food Bank (TCFB) is located in Olympia, WA. Established by volunteers in 1965, TCFB has continued to grow since that time. TCFB reaches the community through a variety of services; food bank distribution, satellite location distribution, FORKids, mobile food bank sites, and summer lunch program..

Northwest Harvest: Yakima Valley Produce Harvest

07.04.2020 in Previous Host Sites (WA)

The Yakima Valley Produce Harvest gleaning program, hosted at Northwest Harvest’s Yakima warehouse, started in 2009.  The Yakima Harvest VISTA position has been the driving force for the development of a produce recovery project and has primarily focused on resource capacity-building..