Plant a Row for the Hungry
Our plethora of lettuce and salad greens this week reminded me that I haven’t pushed our Plant a Row for the Hungry program on the blog.
Plant a Row for the Hungry is a program all over the U.S. sponsored by the Garden Writers Association that encourages gardeners to plant an extra row in the garden and donate their extra produce to local food banks.
This is the 10th year we have been supporting this program here in Sedgwick County. Last year 47,801 pounds of produce was donated to the Kansas Food Bank. We hope to have another record breaking year this year!
You can drop off produce donations at any of the following locations around Wichita:
Kansas Food Bank
1919 E. Douglas
Augusta Ace Home Center
316 W 7th Ave, Augusta
Brady Nursery
11200 W. Kellogg
Hillside Nursery
2200 S. Hillside
Hillside Feed and Seed
1805 S. Hillside
Johnson’s Garden Centers
802 N. Ridge Rd.
21st & Woodlawn
2707 W. 13th
Valley Feed & Seed
1903 S. Meridian
When you donate, please keep in mind that it does take a day or two for the Food Bank to get the produce distributed, so don’t bring something that is already rotting!
Posted on May 28, 2009, in Around the Garden and tagged sharing extra produce, vegetable gardening. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
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I’m glad you have places that will take produce like that. My local places only take prepacked consumer canned goods. They are too scared of the 0.01% chance that they’ll make someone sick somehow.