Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Sunday, January 14, 2018
Goya Foods Donates to Hartford Relief Center

HARTFORD, CT -- Thanks to Goya Foods, Inc. and its Goya Gives campaign, displaced families served by Hartford's the Centro de Ayuda Para Nuestros Amigos Caribeños (Relief Center for our Caribbean Friends) had a reason to celebrate the new year. The Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) manages the relief center, which opened on November 1. The Latino Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving was instrumental in securing the
generous donation from Goya Foods.

Read @ Hartford Patch >>
Friday, December 15, 2017
Locals Lead the State During Thankgsiving Fundraiser

SOUTHINGTON, CT -- The Rotary Club of Southington, along with the Lions Club, UNICO, the United Way of Southington, and Smokin’ with Chris, partnered with the local Liberty Bank branch to raise $70,225 in the Liberty Bank/ Rotary Club Thanksgiving Drive. Now in its 14th year, the Drive raised record-breaking levels across the state, totaling $356,372. The Liberty Bank Foundation matches each dollar raised with an additional 25 cents. With their matching, Southington’s funds went from $70,255 to $88,281, all to provide Southington residents with a Thanksgiving dinner.

Southington Observer >>
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Edible Campus Program To Double Produce Output with New Farm

SANTA BRABARA, CA -- The Edible Campus Program at the University of Santa Barbara hopes to break ground on a student farm by the end of the year, which would double the amount of produce grown by the program. The program has come from groups such as the Lawson Valentine Foundation, UC Global Food Initiative, Johnson Ohana Foundation, individual donors, A.S. Coastal Fund, and the Green Initiative Fund.

Read @ University of Santa Barbara's Daily Nexus >>

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