Duane Bogart, Program Director: duane@communityfoodinitiatives.org
Nick Welch, AmeriCorps/ComCorps Service Member for Donation Station: nick@communityfoodiniatives.org
Many Volunteers including: Doris Stewart, Barbara Fisher, Zak Kramer and more.
Donation Station at the Athens Farmers Market
The CFI Donation Station addresses Athens County’s most immediate food security issue-access to healthy fresh foods for all. We receive both food and monetary donations each week at the Athens Farmers Market from market customers and vendors and local community gardeners. The monetary donations are used to purchase fresh foods from the market vendors. Additional funds allow us to purchase food from the Chesterhill Produce Auction.
All of the food collected is distributed weekly to local food pantries and social service agencies. In 2011, over 34,800 pounds of produce and local food products were distributed!
If you are looking for a food pantry or other resources near you, click here.
If you are looking for free meals near you, click here.
Local Food Processing & Food Security (2011) with Leslie Schaller, former CFI Board President