Plant a Row for the Hungry - University of Delaware

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The document discusses the Plant-A-Row for the Hungry program, which encourages farmers and gardeners to grow an extra row of produce and donate it to local soup kitchens and food banks to help feed the hungry. It notes that a packet of snap bean seeds yields about 20 pounds of produce and a packet of carrot seeds yields around 100 pounds. Farmers and gardeners can make a difference by planting extra, delivering the harvest to collection sites, or helping the local food bank. Even one extra row of vegetables can significantly help those in need in the community.

Planting a Row “Putting Knowledge to Work With
the People of Delaware” Plant a Row
It doesn ’ t take a lot to
make a real contribution and For Information on For the Hungry
the time to plan is now! A Plant-A-Row
typical packet of snap bean
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seeds produces about 20
pounds of fresh, tasty Delaware Cooperative Extension
produce. A packet of carrot
New Castle County
seeds produces about 100
461 Wyoming Road, Rm. 131
pounds. The average large, Newark, DE 19716
solid tomato weighs about a 302/831-2506

pound.
Kent County
69 Transportation Circle
Dover, DE 19901
302/730-4000 (UD)
302/857-6426 (DSU)

Sussex County Delaware Farmers/Gardeners
16483 County Seat Highway
Georgetown, DE 19947
302/856-7303

Cooperative Extension Education in Agriculture and Home Economics,
University of Delaware, Delaware State University and the United States
Department of Agriculture cooperating. Distributed in furtherance of Acts of
Congress of May 8 and June 30, 1914. It is the policy of the Cooperative
Extension Service, University of Delaware, that no person shall be subjected
to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, sex, disability, age or
national origin.

PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE—One pound at a time...One row at a time.

What Is Plant-A-Row For The Produce Farmers and Gardeners
Imagine What You Can Do
Hungry (PAR)? You Can Make a Difference!
Plant-A-Row for the You can: A large planting or bumper
Hungry (PAR) is a people- Plant extra. crop will mean a great deal to
helping-people program. your local soup kitchen,
Deliver the harvest to a food
This innovative public shelter or food pantry.
collection site.
service campaign encourages Even one additional row of
Give a brochure to someone
farmers and gardeners to vegetables can make a
you know.
grow a little extra and donate difference in your community.
the produce to local soup Help the Food Bank.
kitchens and food banks that Flowers to help brighten the

serve the homeless and shelter meals.

hungry. Herbs add both flavor and

PAR ’ s mission is to nutrients to food.

provide an avenue through If you have no garden space
which the more than or green thumb there are
70 million farmers and other ways to help, such as
gardeners in this country can harvest, weighing and
help the 31 million men, delivering produce, and
women and children who go providing storage space for
to bed hungry daily. New Castle: 302-292-1305
Kent/Sussex: 302-424-3301 vegetables.
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