Plant a Row for the Hungry - Junior Girl Scout Troop 1196

1. Locally Grown What happens to
Food = Healthy the food
Food donations?
Why is local food important to
eat? Local food is important to Your fresh food donations are
eat because it is healthier than given to those who do not have
food that has been grown across access to fresh foods. There are
several drop-off locations for
the nation. Why? First of all, in
your ‘Plant a Row, Give a Row’
order for the food to arrive here
fresh, it must be picked before it How to plant/care produce:
is fully ripe. The earlier a plant is for seedlings and Western Wake Farmers’
Market
picked before it is ripe, the less
nutrients it contains. Another seeds (www.westernwakefarme
reason is the longer a plant has rsmarket.org)
to be trucked across the nation, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle
the more nutrients it loses and 1. Get fresh soil. (www.foodshuttle.org)
2. Spread the soil on the Dorcas Ministries
more pollution results. Local
ground. (http://dorcas-cary.org/)
food is also environmentally
3. Dig a small hole.
friendly. It helps reduce trucking. 4. Plant the seed or
Locally grown food is likely seedling in the hole.
grown by a smaller farm or 5. Cover with soil. Can you donate
sustainably grown farm. These 6. Water the plant every
things are good to support! day. money instead?
7. When grown, harvest
produce and donate at
one of the locations Yes, you can donate money to
listed this brochure. the above organizations and
8. The seedlings and they will purchase food for
seeds can also be distribution. If you donate at
planted in pots if you the Western Wake Farmers’
don’t have room for a Market, they will purchase
garden. locally grown produce from
the market vendors to donate.

2. Pass it along!!
Collecting the seeds from your
‘Plant a Row, Give a Row’
produce and replanting them
can save money and is recycling
the seeds. When you collect the ‘Plant a Row,
seeds, you can replant them in
pots or your garden and start Who are we? Give a Row’
growing the plants again. You
can also pass the seeds and this ‘Plant a Row, Give a Row’ is
brochure along to friends and your opportunity to donate
family. By sharing this freshly grown food to those
information, we can help to We are Junior Girl Scout Troop who don’t have access to
bring healthy, fresh food to 1196 and we are working on our fresh food. By continuing to
Bronze Award Project to help take care of the seedlings and
those in need!
seeds you have been given
fight hunger with fresh, healthy
today, and donating that food
food. If you would like to learn to those who are less
more about our project, you can fortunate in having access to
contact our leader at locally grown, fresh food, you
jcjmc824@gmail.com. You can will be helping our community
also learn about how to educate in making a great change.
our community on health, local Who can participate? Anyone
foods and physical activity who wants to help can plant
www.advocatesforhealthinaction the seeds and seedlings, even
kids. It is a fun project for the
.org.
whole family!