Farm and Garden Report (Fall 2021)
Summer is gone, fall is now upon us, and it’s been busy at the Feed Fannin Farm and in our partner garden. Produce donations to the Fannin County Family Connection
Summer is gone, fall is now upon us, and it’s been busy at the Feed Fannin Farm and in our partner garden. Produce donations to the Fannin County Family Connection
The University of North Georgia’s new Blue Ridge campus has implemented two initiatives designed to keep its hungry students’ focus on their academics, and Feed Fannin is partnering in both
Feed Fannin began a new Farm to Pantry produce initiative last summer that has proved very successful. In June 2020, just as the coronavirus pandemic was worsening, the Fannin County
Feed Fannin’s Mittleider Garden has been relocated to the Fannin County Family Connection on Industrial Park Drive in Blue Ridge and is settling into its new digs fairly well.
We are excited to report that Starbucks recently awarded Feed Fannin a Starbucks Foundation Neighborhood Grant for $1,500 that was used to purchase $12,000 worth of food staples in bulk from the Atlanta and Chattanooga food banks.
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The first half of 2020 will go down as one of the most unsettling periods of time our country has ever faced and one that has harshly impacted local clients coming to the Family Connection Food Pantry.
Although Feed Fannin had to cancel this year’s annual fundraiser, Bowls of Hope, due to the coronavirus pandemic, many generous donors have stepped in to offset the economic impact, allowing our nonprofit organization to continue its mission of feeding the hungry and supporting the Fannin County Family Connection Food Pantry.
I remember the day in early March when Jane and I, the co-chairs for Feed Fannin’s Bowls of Hope, initially discussed the effect the novel Coronavirus could possibly have on BOH and how we might have to consider at least doing some things differently to disperse attendees. I also remember how quickly the situation changed less than a week later, and the only decision became to cancel BOH. There was a little push-back expressed at first that cancellation was an overreaction, but it soon became evident that it was the correct decision.
It is approaching the Fourth of July weekend as I write this article. I am happy to report that the Feed Fannin garden was planted this spring brought some needed normalcy to my world.
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