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BUY 20 WEEKS WORTH OF VEGETABLES FOR $325

The greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank operates 
a certified-organic vegetable farm in Armstrong County, 
northeast of Pittsburgh. Now in its third growing season, 
the Food Bank Farm is opening its harvest cooperative to 
additional shareholders. Revenue generated by the Co-op 
supports several small-scale organic farmers in Western 
Pennsylvania, as well as supplying 10-20 tons of fresh 
organic greens to Pittsburgh's soup kitchens and food 
pantries each year. 

For a $325 share, the Food Bank Farm will deliver 
same-day-picked produce to many neighborhood pickup 
points (usually host members' homes) throughout the 
Pittsburgh metro area. A share is sized to supply the 
vegetable component of a diet for two adults and two 
children. Over the course of a planned 20-22 week season, 
vegetables will be delivered weekly from mid-June through 
late October. Shareholders are encouraged to visit the farm 
during Open Houses, held in June and August, as well as 
throughout the season. No farm labor is required from the 
shareholders, but help is always welcomed--especially in 
harvesting produce for the pantries.

For a Harvest Calender which describes the season's harvest 
of 35+ fruits and vegetables grown, an application, and answers 
to your questions, call Bud and Carolyn Glendening at the Food 
Bank Farm: 412.297.3472.

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[I'm posting this message for the Glendenings, who are very nice people
who do the region a wonderful service as one of the few sources of organic
vegetables in Western Pennsylvania.  Last summer my wife and I subscribed
to their vegetable service and we received much better vegetables, for lower
prices than we could have bought in supermarkets or at the Strip.

When I posted a similar message about a different organic farmer a few
weeks ago, I received one complaint about posting commercial messages
to cmu.cs.general.  I am posting this message in spite of that
complaint because information about small, family businesses like this
is so swamped by the marketing power of supermarket chains and
corporate agriculture that such businesses would be virtually unknown
otherwise.  -Paul]