[Community_garden] Plant A Row for the hungry

[Mike McGrath]

The food bank "America's Second Harvest" has local affiliates all over and 
coordinates a lot of collections of fresh produce in season. Check their web 
site for your nearest contact org.
                                    ----Mike McG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patty Zehl" <pzehl at ksu.edu>
To: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:48 PM
Subject: [Community_garden] Plant A Row for the hungry


>I am interested in starting a local "Plant a Row" for the hungry campaign 
>in
> our area.  Some of our current gardeners take excess produce to the local
> food pantry, but I believe there is a lot of waste.  I'm hoping to
> coordinate a drop off point at the gardens with volunteers picking up the
> donated produce and delivering to the food pantry.  Has anyone started a 
> PAR
> campaign, or participated in one?  What are the lessons you learned, and 
> how
> successful were you?
>
>
>
> Patty Zehl
>
> Manhattan Community Garden
>
> Manhattan, Kansas
>
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