Nearly 40 pounds of produce from the People’s Garden at the Maine Farm Service Agency state office have been donated to a food pantry in Bangor, Maine.
This is the third donation the state office has made to the Manna Inc., food pantry, offering baskets full of lettuce, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, string beans and beets. FSA, along with Natural Resources Conservation Service and Rural Development have combined efforts to donate produce weekly to the food pantry.
“We combine efforts to donate produce from the People’s Garden, employees donate from their personal gardens and also give nonperishable groceries to the food pantry,” said Mary Anne Coffin, FSA public affairs specialist in the Maine state office.
The 20 x 30 foot People’s Garden is joined by several other People’s Gardens located in Penobscot, Somerset, Aroostook and Kennebec counties.
