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Stories for Agriculture

November 18, 2021

First-ever Forks on the Farm dinner a success

The first-ever Forks on the Farm dinner was held on the Food Bank Farm on November 12 under a moonlit sky. After a morning filled with rain, the skies cleared for a beautiful farm-side evening. The Food Bank farm farm was transformed into a dreamy, rustic venue where guests enjoyed a candlelit alfresco dinner prepared…

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September 17, 2021

Burpee donates 11 million seeds to Feeding America food banks on Hunger Action Day

We were honored to receive a seed donation from Burpee this morning as a part of an unprecedented 11 million vegetable seed donation to Feeding America food banks. The gift is part of a partnership between the nation’s largest hunger relief organization Feeding America and Burpee to raise awareness for the problem of food insecurity…

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September 15, 2021

Fresh fruits, vegetables: Coastal seniors benefit from CSA boxes

Caption: Steuart Martens, a Village Volunteer board member, from left, and Beebe  Care’s Population Health nurses Monica Scott, BSN, RN, and Cecilia D’Orazio, RN, load CSA boxes from the Food Bank of Delaware into Martens’ car. Village Volunteers will deliver the fresh produce to qualifying seniors. Thanks to a collaboration among the Food Bank of…

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August 30, 2021

Corteva Agriscience Donates $125,000 to Food Bank of Delaware Farm

Corteva Agriscience presented a $125,000 donation to the Food Bank of Delaware last week. The donation will help fund operations of the Food Bank’s 5-acre farm in Newark. The Food Bank Farm consists of a propagation house for starting plants from seeds, three high tunnels, a demonstration garden, bee hives and field growing space. Vegetables…

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July 23, 2021

Food Bank’s starter plant donations nourish bodies and souls

At the Food Bank of Delaware, we like to share more than food with our neighbors; we share opportunities to grow food by cultivating and nurturing plants that produce fresh vegetables. At our Newark facility, we’re quite proud of our farm and the bounty it produces. This summer, the farm is thriving and full of…

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June 16, 2021

Delaware Center for Horticulture and Food Bank of Delaware Partner with Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to Expand Harvest Initiative

The Delaware Center for Horticulture (DCH) and the Food Bank of Delaware (FBD) announced they will once again be partnering with PHS for their Harvest initiative, a collective action initiative focused on increasing food production and food security by mobilizing individual gardeners, community garden members, schools and institutions to plant food crops to share with…

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May 4, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight: Jeff Kline

The Food Bank of Delaware farm has been in operation for more than three years and we are finally enjoying the fruits of our hard labor. Farm Manager Kyle Brolis and Community Farm Program Coordinator John O’Connor are out on the farm every day planting, weeding, watering, harvesting and much more. Their work would not…

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February 1, 2021

Treat Yourself and Help Food Bank, Delaware Food Works Programs

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, even folks who enjoy cooking a nice dinner might be seeking some variety. The Food Bank of Delaware offers solutions to that dilemma, plus proceeds benefit our agency’s workforce development programs.  In addition to providing food for thousands of food-insecure Delawareans during the pandemic, the…

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August 28, 2020

Growing Community From Seed

Today we feature a guest blog from Tess Beardell, the Local Farm Intern at West Side Grows Together. West Side Grows Together participated in this year’s Harvest 2020 campaign, a partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware, Delaware Center for Horticulture and Pennsylvania Horticultural Society!  Nestled in among the 8th and 9th blocks of North…

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August 4, 2020

Gardening good for the mind, soul; growing veggies a form of therapy

It’s no myth: gardening not only yields fresh food and flowers, it also feeds the mind and soul. People’s Place II Clinical Director Dr. Joseph Zingaro explains why: “Gardening is one of the few activities that rewards all five senses, even hearing. Bite into a crisp carrot, for example, and you can hear the crunch.”…

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