1. Missouri Ruralist - May 2006 17
SHOW-ME LIFESTYLE
Plant a row for the hungry
By CHUCK ADAMSON peppers, eggplants, squash, onions, gests produce donors bring fresh fruits
beets, apples and pears. and vegetables directly to their local
L
OCAL food banks literally get tons “Most people who live in poverty relief agencies, such as food pantries
of processed carbohydrate food- tend to have poor diets,” Kirkpatrick and soup kitchens. That will ensure
stuffs. While that’s good, it’s not all says. “Fresh produce is high in nutri- fresh products get to consumers.
that’s needed to feed the poor. What the ents and high in vitamins.” The Central Missouri Food Bank is
agencies almost never have enough of is one of several regional food banks in
high-quality protein sources and fresh Distribution centers Missouri. If you are unable to locate
produce, says Peggy Kirkpatrick of the Gardeners are welcome to bring pro- your local food bank, call Kroening at
Central Missouri Food Bank. duce to the Columbia-based food bank, (573) 882-9633.
A lack of fresh produce is something which supplies food to 142 agencies Adamson is a senior information spe-
backyard gardeners in Missouri can in the region. But Kirkpatrick first sug- cialist for MU Extension.
do something about. Mary Kroening,
University of Missouri Extension Master
Gardener program coordinator, is en-
couraging Missouri gardeners to take
part in the national Plant a Row for the
Cedars?
Hungry campaign.
“With well over 100 million gar-
deners in North America, it’s obvious
to see the impact gardeners could have
on the hunger problem in this country,”
Kroening says. “Gardeners can have a
tremendous impact by just planting a
Buckbrush?
little extra or donating that extra pro-
duce.” The Plant a Row for the Hungry
campaign was started in the mid-1990s
in Anchorage, Ala., by the Garden
Writers Association of America, ac-
cording to the association’s Web site. Its
goal is to employ the 70 million or more
Multiflora Rose?
gardeners in the United States to plant
an extra garden row or more, and then
donate the extra produce during the
harvest season to local relief agencies.
“If you usually put in four tomato
plants, plant six to eight instead,”
Kroening says. “If you can’t eat all
the fruit from your trees, don’t let it
rot. Instead, donate it.” She suggests
Missouri gardeners plant extra of any
of the following: broccoli, cabbage, car-
rots, peas, green beans, tomatoes, sweet
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