Food shelf announced their produce distribution days
St. James Plaindealer
Watonwan County Food Shelf has announced their summer produce distribution days. This years distribution will be at Memorial Park from 5 to 7 p.m. July 8 and 22, August 12 and 26, and September 9 and 23.
Second Harvest Heartland is working with the food shelf again this year to bring produce for the distribution. Produce that is distributed is based on what is in season. Second Harvest Heartland partners with local farmers, commercial growers, other leaders and community members throughout the State of Minnesota to help rescue produce that would otherwise go un-harvested. We typically get eight pallets of fresh produce, said Katherine Petty, Director of Watonwan County Food Shelf. One of them is usually potatoes and one of the pallets is fresh onions. The other six vary between whatever fruit or vegetable is in season.
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Volunteers begin demolition on Mayberry Lanes to make room for new Watonwan County Food Shelf
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On Thursday night, local volunteers helped rip out old sections of Mayberry Lanes in preparation for the new location of the Watonwan County Food Shelf.
In early January, the food shelf was able to buy Mayberry Lanes via auction. We were excited, said food shelf director Katherine Petty. We were super excited.
The new 6,000 square foot space will be a much-needed upgrade over the current cramped location. We re going to be able to have a storage area, said Petty. The front is going to be a grocery store-style so people can walk up and down the aisles and choose what they want.