Kansas State University Sedgwick County: Plant A Row For The Hungry Brings Home Gardeners To The Table In Effort To Combat Local Hunger

Wichita KS

03 June, 2022

12:35 AM

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Press release from Kansas State University Sedgwick County: June 1, 2022 Whatever you grow best and abundantly in your garden will be appreciated and accepted, from the first potatoes of summer to the last squash in fall. Peak-quality fruits and vegetables are all shared within the community at no charge to recipients. The program is a cooperative effort between Sedgwick County Master Gardener volunteers and Common Ground Producers & Growers, Inc. Mobile Market, and utilizes a network of participating businesses to collect produce dropped off at their locations and then redistribute it to local low-income and senior residents. Beginning now through fall, Common Ground collects all donations from these conveniently located drop-off sites, and their Mobile Market delivers the donations to those in need through their non-profit partners: Started as a public service program by the Garden Writers Association and the GWA Foundation in 1995, the local Plant a Row effort has distributed over 800,000 pounds of fresh food since beginning locally in 2000. Common Ground Mobile Market has expanded its capacity in low-income and food desert areas over the past two years to help minimize the impact of the COVID-19 virus on the most vulnerable. Together, Plant a Row for the Hungry and Common Ground are working towards the goal of "All are fed. No one is Hungry!" We invite all area gardeners to join us in the 2022 challenge. This press release was produced by the Kansas State University Sedgwick County. The views expressed here are the author's own.