Scientists at the National Center for Agriculture Utilization Research in Peoria, Ill., have donated nearly 75 pounds of fresh produce to two food pantries compliments of the city’s first People’s Garden. The 45-foot-by-65-foot garden that contains squash, carrots, onions, pole beans, purple beans and kohlrabi, has helped to feed more than 260 people at one food pantry and has benefitted another pantry that has seen a 41 percent increase people within the past four years. (PJstar.com) Learn more.
