Help others, plant a row

The Edmonton Food Bank launched its Plant a Row, Grow a Row campaign on May 17, which encourages local growers to plant and harvest root vegetables for local food banks.

Whether your garden is large or small, the food bank asks growers to add an additional row or bed or pot and plant something extra.

Crops best for donation are root vegetables, however any produce that can be easily handled and stored, including broccoli, cabbage, carrots, peas, beans, tomatoes, radishes, parsnips, sweet peppers, summer squash, including zucchini, apples and pears are welcome. In August and September produce can be taken to your local food bank. This is an Alberta-wide initiative, and every effort will be made to ensure that the donations made will be used in the donors' own communities.

Contact your local food bank for more information, and when you donate, don't forget to mention it's for the Plant a Row, Grow a Row program so that the donation can be weighed.