Market Farming

[Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>]

On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:37:32 -0600, you wrote:

>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.
>

The one in our town will.  It is open two mornings a month
only, that's a nuisance, so you can only bring produce then.
But they are thrilled to receive anything fresh - and so are
the recipients.  Anything fresh is snapped up almost
instantly.

For an alternative: We have two senior-citizen apartment
buildings here:  I could just bring produce to the parking
lot of either of those buildings and just give it to
residents as they went in and out. Or - for a more formal
arrangement - I could get in touch with the buildings'
managers, and set up a day/time to bring produce to the
parking lot. 

Pat

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