PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A community farm run by an organization centered on helping families is donating organic vegetables to a local food pantry.
- To date project has grown 120 pounds of food to donate
- Foundation focuses on improving communities
- Free clinic in need of volunteers
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The Foundation for Sustainable Families has a farm in Pinellas Park called the Sustainable Family Farm. Robin Clemmons, the farm manager, grows organic vegetables there, then donates them to the St. Petersburg Free Clinic’s “We Help Services” Food Pantry.
To grow the vegetables, Clemmons makes organic fertilizer by using food scraps from the food pantry. The project began about a year ago, and so far they’ve grown 120 pounds of food to donate.
“It feels good to spread it around to whoever needs it,” said Clemmons.
The foundation that runs the farm focuses on improving the community by helping families in need. This partnership with the food pantry helps accomplish that.
“We get kale, we get collard greens, we get bok choy, things that people maybe don’t know about. They get to come in here and have a choice of learning about different fruits and vegetables and just having access to it,” said Monica Brimm, director of “We Help Services."
The food pantry offers produce to their clients, but Clemmons provides the organic, locally grown vegetables twice a month.
“If it wasn’t for this place, we wouldn’t survive. And the produce is awesome. They’re fresh. They look clean,” said Sonia Gonzalez, a client at the free clinic.
Clemmons hopes the plants continue to grow, providing even more food next year.
Brimm says right now, the free clinic is in need of volunteers. For more information click HERE.