Shasta Food Group

10/21/2015

The holiday season will be here soon. Support your local pantry by donating your time or resources. Make a difference in your community by pitching in.

01/22/2015

01/22/2015

Shasta Food Group is a consortium of food cooperatives, pantry's, government agencies, Grow Local, churches, and members of the community. We are working to ensure all people in Shasta County have enough nutritious food to eat every day. Through education, advocacy, and redistribution of resources, The Shasta Food Group provided more than 185,000 bags of emergency food to local families last year. Shasta Food Group focuses on Plant A Row For The Hungry (PAR), a community-wide effort that encourages gardeners to grow a little extra and donate produce to local food security agencies. Many of our clients are engaged with the process, tending to community gardens and being part of solution. Shasta Food Group also has a gleaning program. We have a team of gleaners that harvest unused produce from local farms, fields, and yards. More produce than you can imagine falls to the ground and rots every year. Gleaning can eliminate waste and put nutritious food on someones table. We believe together, with your help, we can end food insecurity in Shasta County. For more information on how you can help, message us or call 530-6051091.

08/08/2013

08/08/2013

Salvation Army, who is part of Shasta Food Group had a booth at the mall displaying the Plant a Row campaign! For more details email us.

06/19/2013

Plant a row for the hungry is off and running. We have fruit and vegetables popping up. Donate to your local food pantry.

03/19/2013

It's about time to plant. When doing so, think about planting a row for the hungry. Messages us on facebook if you have questions about PAR (plant a Row). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YvB9pzuB7E

It's estimated the demand for hunger assistance could increase by 70% this year. We visit with Kim Rebek, host of Oklahoma Gardening, about how more American...

10/08/2012

Come join Shasta Food Group this Wednesday for the annual food drive. This drive supports almost every food pantry in Shasta County. We are a collaboration of agencies that are teaching, feeding, and making a difference in the community. The food drive begins this Wednesday at 10am-6pm at the Mt Shasta Mall parking lot. Satellite locations include Kent's Market in Anderson, Safeway in Burney, Sentry Market in Shasta Lake, and Save More in Westwood Village.

09/14/2012

07/02/2012

PAR...Plant a row for the hungry. Launched in 1995, Plant A Row is a public service program of the Garden Writers Association and the GWA Foundation. Garden writers are asked to encourage their readers/listeners to plant an extra row of produce each year and donate their surplus to local food banks, soup kitchens and service organizations to help feed America’s hungry.

There are over 84 million households with a yard or garden in the U.S. If every gardener plants one extra row of vegetables and donates their surplus to local food agencies and soup kitchens, a significant impact can be made on reducing hunger.