CASTROVILLE, Calif. – Ocean Mist Farms is supporting Ag Against Hunger this holiday season with a donation of $10,000.
Ag Against Hunger is a non-profit organization that collects excess produce from donating farming companies, consolidates it at its cooler then distributes it to food banks and non-profit agencies year round. Unlike typical food banks, AAH’s gleaning program is a unique and a resourceful way of collecting fresh produce from the Salinas Valley where it coordinates volunteers to harvest product direct from fields that would have been rotated/tilled back into the soil and gone to waste.
Laura Berlanga, product innovation and research manager at Ocean Mist Farms and Ag Against Hunger board of directors member, who presented the donation said Ocean Mist Farms has a long history of supporting the program through donating both product and acreage for gleaning.
“Ag Against Hunger's mission is to alleviate hunger by creating a connection between the agricultural community and food assistance programs,” Berlanga said. “Ocean Mist Farms has participated in AAH since 1990 and we have donated more than 5.2 million pounds of produce since 2002.”
Lindsay Coate, executive director, Ag Against Hunger said, “Ocean Mist Farms is a vital partner in Ag Against Hunger’s ongoing mission to bring the agricultural community and food assistance programs together to fight hunger. We are grateful for their belief in our organization and what we stand for. Their support, be it financial, donated product or fields to glean, has enabled us to reach a milestone of 200 million pounds of produce given to food banks in the past 22 years.”
For more information about Ag Against Hunger visit http://www.agagainsthunger.org; for information about Ocean Mist Farms visit www.oceanmist.com.
Pictured left to right: Lindsay Coate, Executive Director of Ag Against Hunger, and Laura Berlanga, Product Innovation and Research Manager at Ocean Mist Farms
About Ocean Mist Farms
Ocean Mist Farm’s growers are focused on meeting the needs of their customers and consumers. That means they are committed to the highest standards in the industry for quality, service, innovation, social responsibility and delivering year-round premium fresh vegetables. Ocean Mist Farms is four generations of family farmers who lead the artichoke category and grow a full line of fresh vegetables.
Source: Ocean Mist Farms
