Fairbault’s Living Greens Farm, the largest vertical aeroponic indoor farm in the U.S., is donating 1,000 pounds of vegetables every week for three weeks to Second Harvest Heartland in Brooklyn Park.
Second Harvest Heartland, a member of Feeding America, initiated a Fresh Produce Initiative, which partners with leaders and local community members and finds ways to rescue more food that would have otherwise gone to waste and use it to feed more people.
Second Harvest Heartland and the five other Feeding America food banks serving Minnesota are committed to expanding partnerships to access the abundance of fresh produce from local farmers, commercial growers and processors.
Read more at Faribault Daily News (Michelle Vlasak)