The Farm to Food Bank project, a collaboration between Feeding Illinois, the Illinois Specialty Growers Association, ISTC’s Technical Assistance Program (TAP), and Illinois farmers, has been getting some media attention. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Recent coverage includes:
- From farms to food banks, Illinois initiative expanding after successful pilot (FarmWeek, 4/9/22)
- Grundy County farm delivering on goal to impact lives (FarmWeek, 8/9/22)
- How to fix food supply chains? Make them more local (Bloomberg, 8/16/22)
- Benson farm family delivers tons of produce to food bank, with a little help from friends (and strangers) WCBU (8/16.22)