The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) announced that hundreds of gardeners participating in the PHS harvest program have donated 2,476 pounds of homegrown produce to local food banks and community partners.
Now in its second year, PHS harvest, which is sponsored by Whole Foods Market, is a collective action initiative focused on increasing food production by empowering participants to plant food crops and share them locally with organizations such as food banks. Participants include community gardens, religious groups, schools and camps, institutions and individual gardeners.
“Food insecurity remains a significant challenge for many throughout the Philadelphia region,” said the VP of Healthy Neighborhoods for PHS Julianne Schrader Ortega. “We know that our financially vulnerable neighbors are being hit the hardest by unemployment and income loss related to the coronavirus pandemic, further exacerbating food insecurity throughout the region.”
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