Food insecurity impacts 1 in 8 adults and 1 in 6 children in Nebraska. You can help all Nebraskans gain access to healthy, fresh, local food by planting an extra row in your garden and donating the extra produce!
Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County’s Nutrition Education Program coordinates a “Plant a Row for the Hungry” campaign that involves community members donating extra produce grown in at-home gardens to those in need. Donations are accepted on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Bring clean, whole, freshly harvested produce to the Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County office at 444 Cherrycreek Road, Suite A, Lincoln, and place in the red wagon in the lobby. The produce will be donated to local food pantries and hot meal programs.
A past produce recipient said, “Fresh [produce] says, ‘We care about the community. We care about those in need.’”