Hub And Spoke Program Having Successful First Season

A pilot program for the rest of the state is linking Southern Maryland farmers and hungry folks while benefitting both.

The Hub and Spoke program connects farmers with the “hub,” Farming 4 Hunger, a nonprofit that grows produce — mostly sweet corn, green beans and potatoes — to feed families in the region. Farmers donate produce that Farming 4 Hunger then distributes, along with its own vegetables that it grows at Serenity Farm in Benedict, through the “spokes,” churches, food pantries and nonprofit groups.

The spokes set up times when people who need the free food can come and collect it and are responsible for publicizing the dates and bagging the produce for hungry people to take away.

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