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Free Produce For Seniors On Saturday, Nov. 21

Family Agriculture Resource Management Service

Here’s a fresh approach to bringing locally-grown fruits and vegetables to older folks who may lack access: a free Senior Nutrition and Produce Event this Saturday, Nov. 21.

Family Agriculture Resource Management Services (F.A.R.M.S.) has partnered with social service and advocacy groups to reach out to low-income seniors whom may not have transportation – or the resources – to obtain the greens, beans, and other garden bounty some of us may take for granted.

The event will be held at Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Here’s how it will work: The produce is being supplied by area African-American farmers. Only people age 60 and up and currently receiving supplemental nutrition benefits known as SNAP will be served from 10 – 11 a.m., and must bring proof of their benefits. After 11 a.m., anyone in that age group will be eligible to receive produce (limited to one donation per person).

Jillian Hishaw, F.A.R.M.S. founder, explains, “All farmers who grow for our program are paid market price for their produce, which is donated to the food banks. We work primarily with small farmers located in high-poverty counties in the Carolinas and Georgia.”

Cooking demonstrations and info about nutrition will be offered as well. Hishaw is asking the public to help get the word out to seniors, and to provide transportation as well.

The free produce event is only one small part of F.A.R.M.S.’s work. The group advocates for farmers suffering land loss and other economic challenges.

The event will take place Saturday, Nov. 21, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church, 319 Whitehaven Rd., Charlotte, NC 28208 at the intersection of 1901 Rozzelles Ferry Rd. For more information, visit www.30000acres.org.

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Amy Rogers is the author of Hungry for Home: Stories of Food from Across the Carolinas and Red Pepper Fudge and Blue Ribbon Biscuits. Her writing has also been featured in Cornbread Nation 1: The Best of Southern Food Writing, the Oxford American, and the Charlotte Observer. She is founding publisher of the award-winning Novello Festival Press. She received a Creative Artist Fellowship from the Arts and Science Council, and was the first person to receive the award for non-fiction writing. Her reporting has also won multiple awards from the N.C. Working Press Association. She has been Writer in Residence at the Wildacres Center, and a program presenter at dozens of events, festivals, arts centers, schools, and other venues. Amy Rogers considers herself “Southern by choice,” and is a food and culture commentator for NPR station WFAE.