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May 6, 2021
Noting that “there are still a lot of potatoes out there,” Skyline Potato Co. General Manager Les Alderete said his Center, CO, shed will ship the remainder of its 2020 crop into August this year.
He added, “We have quite a bit left, and we think we’ll go the first two weeks into August, about a week or so longer than normal if demand keeps up.”
Alderete told
The Produce News in late April the new crop, which is planted during May, is planned for a traditional start around Labor Day, giving the operation two weeks to make upgrades to the shed.
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DMARC celebrates 45 years of fighting food insecurity with food drive at central Iowa grocery stores Shelby Fleig, Des Moines Register
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To mark the 45th year of its food pantry network, the Des Moines Area Religious Council is enlisting local grocery store shoppers in a weeklong food drive.
Shoppers at participating locations can donate to DMARC s Drive for 45 starting on Monday and running through Sunday, May 16. People can drop any non-perishable foods into the nonprofit s red barrels, but the three most-needed items are whole-grain cereal, peanut butter and fruit canned in its own juice, said Luke Elzinga, DMARC s communications and advocacy manager.
By Vince Hall, interim chief government relations officer at Feeding America
My father spent 30 years in the rice business and I remember driving a “bank out” wagon to transport the grain before I ever drove a car. From those rural roots I came to appreciate that farmers are the foundation of our nation’s food system, providing the nourishing foods we all need to lead healthy, happy lives. Farmers through advocacy, fundraising and more are also critical partners in our nation’s fight against hunger, especially now, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today I’m proud to serve Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization. Working together, in 2020 we provided a record-number of meals to our neighbors in need amid new challenges to putting food on the table: a once-in-a-generation pandemic made going to the grocery store an uncertain experience, food prices reached a 50-year high and unemployment rates rivaled those of the Great Depression.
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