Saturday, April 20, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
With almost 9.6 million pounds of food and farm products donated by New York Farm Bureau members in 2014, it has been a banner year for farmer food donations all across the state. New York Farm …
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With almost 9.6 million pounds of food and farm products donated by New York Farm Bureau members in 2014, it has been a banner year for farmer food donations all across the state.
New York Farm Bureau members and the Feeding America New York State Food Banks say that amounts to nearly eight million meals being provided to New Yorkers in need.
This record number is more than a million pounds of food ahead of where donations were last year at this time, according to the Farm Bureau.
The Food Bank of Central New York provides much of the food given to Neighborhood Centers and food pantries in St. Lawrence County.
The food is collected through the “Harvest for All” donation program, a nationwide annual farm donation partnership linking Farm Bureau and Feeding America in each state. In New York, NYFB’s Young Farmers Committee and the Food Bank Association of New York State administer the statewide donation partnership. The food is then distributed among the 10 Feeding America food banks throughout the state.
