76,800 pounds of food collected during 2022 London Cares Curb Hunger food drive
Like last year, this year’s campaign saw the distribution of free green walls: 30-by-120 centimetre and larger one-by-one metre vertical gardens that can be used where space is limited.“We offer a special thanks to all those who participated in this year’s Curb Hunger food drive,” said Glen Pearson, the food bank’s co-executive director, in a statement.
“The food drive is evolving with an important focus on distributing fresh food with the help of Londoners growing food in local greenhouses, community gardens, and in their own backyards for the food bank,” he continued. “We are encouraging Londoners to keep planting and harvesting fresh produce to donate through the Grow-a-Row program this summer to continue the food drive’s local impact.”
Campaign organizers highlighted the importance of growing one’s own food during the drive, with the aim to become less reliant on supply chains that may become disrupted in times of crisis.The drive comes during a surge in demand for the local food bank, and for food banks across the country, as inflation spirals upwards.
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