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support. What began in the spring as
serving 20 families has today grown
into a weekly program feeding over
300, since the end of June. Of course, it
couldn’t happen without increased
food donations and volunteers.
The Farm now accepts donations of
surplus food from a plethora of
organizations and has an open air
market two days a week for families to
choose groceries to supplement their
needs. In the process, they have been
able to acquire a refrigerator and are
building a permanent structure to
augment food storage and market
necessities. The amount of food being
rescued and utilized by Tikkun has
grown from about 245 pounds to over
10,000
pounds
a
week
and
also
provides food to a variety of places
including homeless shelters and after
school programs. Knowing that some of
their families have four legged friends,
the SPCA has a mobile market set
up on some of the market days.
Donated foods include many perishable
items such as produce and bread. If
these items are no longer fresh enough
for humans, they will then be fed to the
animals and if not fit for animals, will
then be used to make compost. This
food web cycle keeps food out of the
landfill and personifies Tikkun Farm:
we are all connected, dependent on
one another, and on earth’s creatures
and resources.
The future of the farm holds other
exciting
initiatives
including
vermicomposting to feed their soil;
inviting neighbors to compost their
food scraps; teaching Mt. Healthy
School District students about the land,
as well as the importance of caring for
oneself, your neighbor, and the earth.
Thank you to Tikkun Farm for their
continual creation of positive impacts
and valuing all resources.
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