Stories for Agriculture

Kaitlyn Schafer is a pretty happy camper right now. The Milford resident graduated last Tuesday from The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware. She’s got a job –through The Culinary School – at the SoDel-managed Clubhouse at Baywood, and she plans to further her education and follow her dreams. Like many of the…

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The Food Bank of Delaware is preparing for its sixth annual Dinner in the Orchard – a night of delicious food, fine wines, craft beer and live entertainment. The event, open to the public, is planned from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 at T.S. Smith & Sons in Bridgeville. The dinner…

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Kathy Jackson, a Delaware Department of Agriculture Marketing Specialist, has been setting up shop at downstate senior centers and farmers’ markets to encourage low-income Sussex Country senior citizens to participate in a new program that will help them purchase fresh, locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs or honey. Here’s how it works: senior citizens do not…

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It’s very unusual to see kids in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School kitchen, so Migrating to the Kitchen Day is a special one at the Milford Branch. Students enrolled in the federally funded Title 1-C National Migrant Education Program based at the Greater Milford Boys & Girls Club and the Seaford Boys &…

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A dedicated group of employees from Chase, led by Leepika Dhillon, Mike Murphy and Noel Smyth, are doing their part this growing season to make a difference and provide fresh, organic produce to Delawareans in need through an employee-run garden on the property of Chase’s Wilmington and Newark campuses. The team of volunteers has been…

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Food Bank of Delaware will help distribute surplus produce Even though Delaware had a cool spring and residents experienced a rainy June, local home-based gardens will soon be yielding fresh produce. Gardeners whose harvest is greater than their need have an opportunity to share extra fruit, vegetables and herbs with the neighbors through the Food…

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Delaware residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits can now enjoy the benefits of fresh produce by shopping at community farmers’ markets statewide. Ten markets accept EBT cards, and two (Lewes and Newark Co-op) offer double benefits, according to Kathy Jackson, a state Department of Agriculture marketing specialist. That means those two markets…

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The Food Bank of Delaware officially announced the new Corteva Agriscience™ Farm this morning at the organization’s future home at 222 Lake Drive in Newark. Thanks to a $400,000 donation originally from DuPont and now from Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, the Food Bank of Delaware has begun to lay the roots on a…

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Thanks to the generosity of Perdue Farms, Delaware families struggling with food insecurity will have access to nutritious chicken. Perdue delivered 28,000 pounds of no-antibiotics-ever chicken to the Food Bank of Delaware this afternoon. The chicken will be distributed to families in need through the Food Bank’s network of 536 hunger-relief program partners across the…

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Using fresh produce and herbs enhances the flavor of any recipe, and for the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School in Milford, an on-site garden provided produce throughout the growing season. Chef Instructor Tish Badamshin frequently sends culinary school students out the back door to harvest tomatoes and herbs, and they created delicious recipes based…

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