Homegrown: Plant a Row

Homegrown friend, Dora Bopp, passed along info about this year's Plant a Row for the Hungry program:

Buds Community Garden, a program of the HACAP Food Reservoir, is excited to announce the start of the 2012 local ‘Plant a Row for the Hungry' program on May 15th. The program invites farmers and gardeners to donate fresh produce to local emergency food programs and families with limited access to fresh foods. The program runs through October 1

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Last year 6650 lbs. were donated thanks to many donors including Abbe Hills Farm, ZJ Farm, Christ Church Presbyterian Church and Sonia Kendrick who each donated over 1000 lbs!

A goal of 10,000 pounds had been established for the HACAP Food Reservoir, a Feeding America food bank, service area of Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn and Washington counties.

Buds Community Garden Network supports community gardens by connecting them to resources and to each other. Additional information and donor reporting form can be found at www.budsgardennetwork.org or by calling Dora Bopp at 319.739.0051.