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Why we’re at COP28.Over the next two weeks, government, industry, non-profit, and activism leaders will meet in the United Arab Emirates for the world’s foremost annual...

Charlotte Calkins

December 7, 2023

Faces of Farmlink

“Growing up on a farm, I liked the farm lifestyle, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to be a dairy farmer,” Larry Alsum of Alsum Farms & Produce, Inc., told me over...

Faces of Farmlink

Gwendena Lee-Gatewood

When I spoke with Tribal Chairwoman Gwendena Lee-Gatewood on Friday morning, she was busy organizing a mask drive. What started as a small project to...

Claudia Sandell

Farms and Food Banks

Watermelons from Full Harvest

Between July 27 and July 28, The Farmlink Project helped facilitate a shipment of 80,000 pounds of watermelon from Full Harvest to Heart of Compassion...

Faces of Farmlink

“The folks in line need that stability. They don’t necessarily know where [the food] is coming from or how it got there. They just need to know that they’ll...

Claudia Sandell

Farms and Food Banks

In late May, The Farmlink Project partnered with Food Rescue US – Detroit to help deliver 40,000 pounds of potatoes from a farm in Washington state...

Rebecca Isaacson & Josh Musicant

Farms and Food Banks

Earlier this month, The Farmlink Project partnered with Happy Dirt and Central Virginia Food Bank to deliver over 6,000 pounds of produce to Feed More, a...

Farms and Food Banks

Siskiyou Community Food Bank

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly exacerbated the issue of food insecurity in Yreka, a secluded city in Siskiyou County, California, and surrounding...

Christina Knight

Farms and Food Banks

Navajo Nation, an American Indian territory that spans over Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico just surpassed New York for the highest number of COVID-19 cases in...

Christina Knight & Claudia Sandell

Farms and Food Banks

Milk to Virginia and Maryland

Dating back to 1892, Balford Farms is located in Burlington, New Jersey and serves as a food distribution company specializing in dairy products throughout...

Farms and Food Banks

Midwest Food Bank

On June 29, The Farmlink Project helped facilitate the haul of 80,000 pounds of potatoes from Alsum Farms in Wisconsin to the Midwest Food Bank locations in...

Farms and Food Banks

Strebin Farms to The Armory

Over the last month, The Farmlink Project team has delivered a total of 80,000 pounds of potatoes and onions from Strebin Farms to The Armory Food Bank in...

Farms and Food Banks

United Hands Food Bank

The Farmlink Project, in collaboration with Food Finders and the City of Long Beach, distributed bags of potatoes to three communities near Long Beach. These...

Christina Knight