{"id":985,"date":"2016-12-14T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/?p=985"},"modified":"2019-07-29T14:14:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T22:14:06","slug":"celebrating-farmers-contributions-to-californias-farm-to-family-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/?p=985","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Farmers Contributions to California&#8217;s Farm to Family Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>December is Farm to Food Bank Month<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-986 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mandrins-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Branch of mandarins\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mandrins-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mandrins-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mandrins-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mandrins.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the years California\u2019s farmers and ranchers have donated more than 200 million pounds to the California Association of Food Banks\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/farm-to-family-donor\">Farm to Family Program<\/a>. Here is a glimpse of the generosity that has occurs every year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FowlerPackingCompany\/\">Fowler Packing Company<\/a> donates each year to the program. To date, they have donated 19,204,399 mandarins over the past 12 years!<\/p>\n<p>To date, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrisfresh.com\/\">Harris Fresh<\/a> has donated more than 14 million onions over the past 12 years!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/onions_yellow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-988\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/onions_yellow-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pile of yellow onions\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/onions_yellow-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/onions_yellow-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/onions_yellow-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/onions_yellow.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Farmers and ranchers are asked to Celebrate \u2018Farm to Food Bank Month\u2019 by making a future donation pledge today!&nbsp; Every donation helps \u2013 it\u2019s good for families and good for farmers. Please contact Steve Linkhart of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/\">California Association of Food Banks <\/a>(CAFB)&nbsp;at 866-321-4435.Thanks to CA GROWN for all of your support!<\/p>\n<p>***Cross-post from <a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=12023\">Planting Seeds Blog<\/a>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December is Farm to Food Bank Month Over the years California\u2019s farmers and ranchers have donated more than 200 million pounds to the California Association of Food Banks\u2019 Farm to Family Program. Here is a glimpse of the generosity that has occurs every year. Fowler Packing Company donates each year to the program. 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