Harvest for Hunger featured by Fosters.com
The program Harvest for Hunger — which connects gardeners with food-insecure neighbors who can benefit from donated fresh produce—was featured in a fosters.com news article about their unique program run by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
According to UMaine Extension educator Frank Wertheim, last year York County commercial and residential growers donated 50,000 pounds of fresh produce to local food pantries through the program. This was the highest amount donated in all of Maine, and 26,000 pounds of that produce came from one source — Spiller Farm in Wells.