Hamilton Harvest - Growing a Solution to Hunger

We are in the thick of harvest season and the support and generosity towards the program is amazing. The large group of volunteers from the City of Hamilton Community Services Department gave their time to harvest carrots on October 16th, it was a beautiful sunny fall day filled with laughter, hard work and a sense of community. The next few weeks will see more community groups such as a class from Cardinal Newman High School and also the Stoney Creek Junior B Hockey Team coming out to help harvest and bring fresh produce through the doors of Hamilton Food Share.
So many amazing photos and articles have been produced from these events and the word about the program is getting out!
Look for articles in the Spectator and the Hamilton Community Newspapers

So proud to be a part of this program and to watch it spread across the community!

Fall Harvests

Last week was a great week for bringing fresh local food to HFS. We had an amazing group of boys from The Living Rock Ministries out to Murphy's Farm on Thursday and in only a couple of hours they were able to glean 639lbs of squash, eggplant, zucchini and corn. Friday was the OAFB's Buy Local Share Local at the Ottawa Street Market and we were able to talk to many people about the Harvest program as well as meet with various farmers to let them know about the ways they can participate. The generous shoppers at the market donated 123lbs of fresh food. Saturday brought the rain and cool weather and with it came 28 dedicated volunteers from McMaster University as a part of Mac Serve. The group braved the rain and mud to harvest over 5500lbs of potatoes from Plan B! What an amazing group of volunteers and generous farmers!