Second Harvest Food Bank of OC Launches Farming Initiative to Increase Community Access
Driven to provide consistent access to nutritious food for residents in Orange County, Second Harvest Food Bank is exploring new fields of possibility—fields amounting to 45 acres at the University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources’ South Coast Research and Extension Center (South Coast REC) in Irvine, to be exact. In collaboration with well-known Solutions for Urban Ag Chairman and former California Secretary of Food and Agriculture A.G. Kawamura, earlier this week the Food Bank planted its first cabbage transplants to generate a steady flow of fresh, locally grown produce into the community for its OC pantry network.Second Harvest Board Chairman Dave Coffaro joined Kawamura,…
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