This week's Jefferson Award winner is helping support small farmers of color and feed an increasing number of people facing food insecurity during the pandemic.
Funded mainly by private donations and grants, Growing the Table has paid out more than $2 million to more than 400 small farmers for harvests that would otherwise go to waste.
“They worked the magic to get beautiful, delicious, nutritious produce boxes to communities most in need,” said Taylor. Growing the Table’s model has also helped feed displaced residents and first responders when catastrophes like the“I can’t imagine not doing it. It’s part of being fully on the game board, if you will, like, why are we here, if not to make a more perfect world for everybody?” Taylor said.
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