In Pennsylvania, one in every nine people is at risk of going hungry. September is Hunger Action Month, and a great opportunity to lend your support. Hunger Action Month is Feeding America‘s nationwide campaign to bring awareness about and create action around food insecurity. There are lots of ways to get involved be involved in Hunger Action Month.
Garry and Kathleen Hunsicker, along with their son Stephen and nephew Travis Hahn, operate Twin Maple Farms, a third and fourth-generation potato, vegetable and grain farm located in Northampton County. Twin Maple Farms works with the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast PA to have a positive impact in their community by providing fresh produce to the food bank’s partner pantries.
Casi Long owns and operates Kolb’s Farm Store in Spring City, Chester County. Kolb’s Farm Store has been in business for nearly fifty years and processes milk from the fifty cows on the farm. Casi sells milk, ice cream, eggs and a wide variety of other local food products in her store. Kolb’s has been…
Jackie and Wes Nell own and operate Nell Produce, a family farm in Lebanon County. The Nells regularly provide onions to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, and this relationship helps to prevent food waste, provide onions to Pennsylvanians experiencing food insecurity, and allow their business to remain profitable.
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….
At Feeding PA, the compassion and generosity of our member food banks’ volunteers nourish the souls of our neighbors experiencing food insecurity. Our member food banks simply couldn’t help to provide fundamental resources that our neighbors need to thrive without the dedication of their volunteers. We are uplifting volunteer voices during Volunteer Appreciation Month in…
Koch’s Turkey is a third-generation farm raising and processing turkeys at their location outside of Tamaqua, PA.
Feature: Women’s History Month 2024 By: Erin Haafke This Women’s History Month we’re highlighting women in executive leadership roles within the Feeding PA charitable food network who work to help support their neighbors facing hunger within communities across the commonwealth. Did you know that 78% of Feeding PA’s board members, all of whom are executive…