Main Street Milk, based in Somerset, PA, began an agricultural partnership with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to supply local ground beef for charitable distribution in southwest Pennsylvania.
Hillandale Farms is a family-owned and operated egg company which strives to deliver the freshest, highest quality eggs to their communities in a sustainable manner. Pennsylvania’s statewide network of food banks works with Hillandale at all three of their locations in the Commonwealth.
Moin Halal is a family-owned business located in Central Pennsylvania focused on producing and processing quality halal meat while conforming to Islamic standards. Saad Ali, owner of Moin Halal, has built the company’s relationship with the Commonwealth’s charitable food system over the past three years, working with food banks in all corners of the state….
Koch’s Turkey is a third-generation farm raising and processing turkeys at their location outside of Tamaqua, PA.
Pat Crossley of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette highlights the Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus System (PASS) and the efforts of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, and national yogurt company Painterland Sisters have made to provide Pennsylvanians experiencing food insecurity with fresh, local nutritious foods. Photo credit to the Williamsport Sun-Gazette.
Governor Josh Shapiro Attended Ceremony on May 31 DEVENS, Mass., May 31, 2023 – Little Leaf Farms, the country’s #1 brand of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environment agriculture (CEA), is announcing it will open a new state-of-the-art greenhouse in McAdoo, Pennsylvania this fall. This will be the fifth greenhouse for Little Leaf Farms, and the brand’s second greenhouse…
US lettuce grower, Little Leaf Farms, is announcing it will open a new state-of-the-art greenhouse in McAdoo, Pennsylvania, this fall. The brand also presented a $10,000 donation to Feeding Pennsylvania, a local nonprofit that works to secure food and other resources to reduce hunger and food insecurity across the state.
Governor Josh Shapiro Attended the Ceremony on May 31. Little Leaf Farms, the country’s #1 brand of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environment agriculture (CEA), is announcing it will open a new state-of-the-art greenhouse in McAdoo, Pennsylvania this fall. The brand also presented a $10,000 donation to Feeding Pennsylvania, a local nonprofit that works to secure food and…
State Sen. Judy Schwank wants to double the budget of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus System program. Karen Shuey from the Reading Eagle interviews Jay Worrall, CEO of Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank and Senator Judy Schwank about the Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus System.
Country Foods LLC has been a loyal partner to the Pennsylvania food bank network. They started working on USDA Farmers to Family food boxes and later packed Pennsylvania mixed dairy boxes for our CARES-PASS program. Country Foods is now working on their new, shelf-stable Backpack Yogurt cups, which are nutritious and easier to transport and…