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With an increase in usage
With an increase in usage
With an increase in usage since its beginnings in 2008, the North Dundas Green Food Bag program is healthier than ever.
This past Friday morning, at the Winchester Community Centre, volunteers were busy filling more than 80 bags with produce destined to be picked up later in the day. By 9:30 a.m. volunteers at the Winchester community Hall had finished unloading a truck filled with vegetables. The back of the North Dundas township truck was filled with bags of potatoes, fresh corn, boxes of oranges, cucumber, cantaloupes, carrots and grapefruit.
Meaghan Meerburg, community development programmer for North Dundas, described the program as a success. “We started with 20 bags in 2008 and this month we have close to 90,lawn mower,” she said.
Each bag costs $10 and is available to everyone in North Dundas. All of the money goes towards buying the vegetables at wholesale prices. There is no profit from the program.
The executive director of Lazarus house in Mountain, Pauline Pratt had come across the idea of the Green Food Bag program at a conference and suggested the idea to the township’s recreation and culture committee. “The program is 100 per cent self-sustainable,” explained Meerburg.
The unique partnership driving the Green Food Bag is the vegetables from Mike Dean’s Superstore, information and public awareness programs about the program courtesy of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit and distribution by the township.
Volunteers make the program possible. “Some of our volunteers have been with us for three years,” said Meerburg. “We are very fortunate to have the volunteers that we do.”
Due to the interest in the program, the township will continue to promote it. “Our goal is to expand the program and increase the number of bags,” explained Meerburg.Reference Address: