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!
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