Stories for Agriculture

Like many Food Bank of Delaware programs, a food rescue initiative we call Sister Share is a win-win for everyone involved. Here’s how it works, explains our Food Sourcing Manager Ed Matarese: a member agency is assigned a local food outlet, typically a grocery store, and agrees to pick up and distribute donated products directly…

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What started as a trial – the Food Bank of Delaware providing vegetable starter plants to community partner agencies – is obviously a success, even this early in the growing season. The Food Bank’s Community Farm Manager Kyle Brolis said kale, chard, chives, oregano, parsley, cabbage, and watermelon seedlings were provided to partner agencies in…

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The initiative brings together leaders in horticulture and hunger relief to help alleviate food insecurity. The Delaware Center for Horticulture (DCH) and Food Bank of Delaware (FBD) are partnering with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) to expand the regional reach of PHS’s Harvest 2020 initiative, focused on increasing food production and addressing food insecurity. This partnership expands the reach of the program throughout the state of Delaware, asking gardeners and individuals to become growers (someone who grows food for themselves and…

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Delaware residents needing the Food Bank of Delaware for assistance will receive quality fresh food, thanks to a federal coronavirus food assistance program called Farmers to Families. The program started May 15 and runs through June, but a 6-month extension is anticipated, according to Chief Operations Officer Trevor Turner. The boxes contain fresh produce, protein…

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By Kate Grabowski, Communications Intern The Food Bank of Delaware has experienced immense change in the last year. From opening the new facility at 222 Lake Drive to launching the Discover Café, the Food Bank seems to have endless new initiatives, their farm stand being their latest. The farm stand at the Food Bank of…

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One hundred tons of Perdue AgriRecycle’s microSoft Compost® will help the Food Bank of Delaware transform a once neglected and empty lot in the Pencader Corporate Complex into a farm producing nutritious food for the community. PerdueAgriRecycle delivered the first 50 tons of organic compost this morning to the Corteva Agriscience Farm at the Food…

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One year ago, the Corteva Farm at our future home at 222 Lake Drive was a four-acre parcel filled with debris, trash and overgrown plants and trees. Today it’s in the beginning stages of a production farm designed to help train Delawareans for careers in the agricultural sector and create a way for the Food…

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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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