Market Farming

["David Tannen" <david AT centerville.net>]

How does one go about donating fresh produce to the elderly or those in 
need.  I was under the impression that food banks will not accept fresh 
produce.

David
Primm Springs, TN
In beautiful middle Tennessee

.-- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Meadows" <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
To: "Margaret L Wilson" <booldawgs AT cavenet.com>; "Market Farming" 
<market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] owning land


> On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 18:04:13 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
> > I was at the little local market yesterday.  A 4 ounce package of organic 
> > mesclun mix was over $3.60.  I don't shop for much.  I have 2 freezers 
> > full of meat, veggies and fruit and potatoes and other roots in storage, 
> > Prices seemed outrageous since last time I looked. The economy is in bad 
> > shape here and people are hurting.  I saw an elderly lady with a list 
> > pricing items and putting them back.  I was listening while standing in 
> > line.  Most people were using charge cards to buy their groceries.  I will 
> > donate extra produce to the elderly here next summer.  Ironically, it is 
> > very rural here and almost everyone could have a small garden, a cage of 
> > rabbits and a couple laying hens.  I guess they are forgotten skills.
>
> This is true here as well.
>
> Many of the elderly, of course, no longer have the physical
> stamina to garden or even to care for hens or rabbits:  they
> are very frail and/or quite ill.  They might remember how to
> garden:  but they can't actually do it anymore.
>
> I'm just *beginning* to not have the physical ability to
> garden myself (by virtue of illness, not of age).  It is not
> a good feeling.  Not at all.  I have to 'garden smart' to do
> it at all.
>
> It would be good if - in addition to donating produce to the
> elderly - someone in each community taught people (who
> wanted to learn) how to garden and helped the elderly and/or
> ill establish and maintain gardens.
>
> Pat
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