Farm Share food distribution schedule for this weekend

Here is the Farm Share food distribution schedule for this weekend

FRIDAY 6/12: NW Jacksonville Community Development
9am to Noon – 3416 Moncrief Road 32209

SATURDAY 6/13: FarmShare Truck To Trunk
9am to Noon – 5126 Timuquana Rd 32210

SATURDAY 6/13: Orange Park Mall – JC Penny Lot
10am to1pm – 1910 Wells Rd, Orange Park, 32073

Farm Share
Farm Share was established in 1991, with an overarching goal to distribute food without fees of any kind to agencies such as soup kitchens, homeless shelters, food banks, churches, and more. Since its inception, we have grown to accommodate a growing hunger. Many large groups collect food donations from the public and charge a per-pound “shared maintenance fee” to your local church, soup kitchen, etc. for this food. These fees add up to hundreds of thousands (sometimes millions!) of dollars per year. If the agency cannot afford the shared maintenance fees, they do not get the food. Smaller grass-root agencies that cannot afford the shared maintenance fees get left out in the cold. Farm Share gives food to our recipient agencies without fees of any kind.

FARM SHARE OPERATES THE ONLY CHARITABLE PRODUCE PACKINGHOUSE IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES

This means that while most groups focus on canned and processed food donations, our mission remains focused on re-packing fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be thrown away. It costs more to handle this kind of food, but fresh produce is simply more nutritious than canned, and there is a nearly unlimited supply of it being thrown out every year. Farm Share receives food in bulk and has the resources to sort, pack, store and ship tractor-trailer loads of fresh food.