Farm City Week Thanksgiving Meals Distributed To 800 Families

November 27, 2019

About 800 Thanksgiving meals were distributed to Escambia and Santa Rosa County residents Tuesday as part of Farm City Week.

The meals were distributed to 400 pre-registered applicants at the Waterfront Rescue Missing in Pensacola and 400 at the Milton Community Center.

FFA members, Boy Scouts and other volunteers from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties worked Monday worked to harvest fresh items for the meals Monday. They harvested produce including turnips and cabbage, bagged sweet potatoes, grits and cornmeal.

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The produce was paired with all of the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal from Feeding the Gulf Coast. The University of Florida/IFAS Extension Service was also in attendance to demonstrate how to prepare and cook the produce being distributed, as well as how to can fresh produce.

National Farm to City Week is a national effort to bring about a better understanding between rural and urban people by increasing knowledge and appreciation for agriculture.

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2 Responses to “Farm City Week Thanksgiving Meals Distributed To 800 Families”

  1. NHS FFA Proud MOM on November 30th, 2019 12:29 pm

    Proud of NHS FFA and Mrs Allie Eubanks. Also Boy Scout Troop 26 from Atmore , Alabama… Proud of them for giving up there monday morning and afternoon to help people and their families have a great thanksgiving with the food we bagged and picked and washed.. It was a great day.. Cant wait till next year…

  2. mike on November 27th, 2019 10:17 am

    God bless the farmers…

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