What is AFAC Plot Against Hunger?
The Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) is again this year asking local gardeners to grow fruits and vegetables to help feed families in need in Arlington. AFAC - Arlington's food pantry - will provide free seeds to those gardeners willing to donate all or a portion of what they grow.
Read More: What is Plot Against Hunger?
Read The Arlington Sun Gazette Article About Plot Against Hunger (with video).
Campbell Elementary School Plot Against Hunger with Sandra Lochhead-Price, Principal, Walter Tejada, Arlington County Board Member, Sally Baird, Chair of the Arlington School Board and two students of Ms.Bango's third grade class.
How To Plot Against Hunger
Plant an extra row of Fall and Winter Vegetables in your backyard:
Plant a fall garden for your family with an extra row (or more) of fall and winter vegetables for donation to AFAC. Not sure what to plant? Read the notes from our Central Library Garden Talk on Fall Gardening in Arlington here: 2010 Fall Gardening Talk
Get Involved With Existing Church/Community Garden Plots Against Hunger:
Last year we had 7 Plots Against Hunger in Arlington in community
gardens and churches. These garden plots were dedicated to growing
produce for AFAC.
Read More: How To Plot Against Hunger
Volunteers Planting Seeds at St. Andrews in Arlington. Thank you St. Andrew's for sponsoring this garden.
What We Did in 2009
In 2009 we collected 175,000 pounds of fresh produce
through donations from local gardens, farm markets and gleaning: Read
About the 2009 Plot Against Hunger Achievements In the AFAC Fall
Newsletter.
Photos
- 2009 Plot Photos Photos
- 2009 Gleaning
Rock Spring beet harvest (left) and raised bed garden (right).
Thank you to all who volunteered or donated in 2009.
Please see our thank you page for details: Thank
you everyone who participated in 2009!
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New Project in 2010 - Central Library Garden
A demonstration organic vegetable garden at Arlington's
Central Library. Lots of photos are available at the Arlington
Central Library Garden page or the Central Library Blog which can be found here.
This project is a joint effort of AFAC, Arlington County Central Library, USDA, Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, Girl Scout
Troop 1431 and Potomac Vegetable Farms.
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Volunteer Opportunities and Veggie Donations 2010
Volunteer and Vegetable Donation Announcments
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Vegetable donation locations
South Side:
Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC)
2708 S. Nelson St.
(off Four Mile Run dr., near Shirlington)
(703) 845-8486
Monday-Friday, 9 am - 5 pm
Thursday evenings: 7 ...
Posted Jul 23, 2010 12:28 PM by Andrew Nuckols
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Plant an extra row for AFAC
Plant an extra row of veggies in your garden for AFAC this year. Bring your extra vegetable harvest to our offices during business hours and we will distribute to our ...
Posted Apr 4, 2010 10:20 PM by Andrew Nuckols
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Farmers' Market pick-up drivers
Each
summer, AFAC volunteers go to Arlington farmers'
markets to pick up market-end produce donations. This coming season we
need volunteer drivers to help mid-day Saturdays and Sundays ...
Posted Apr 4, 2010 10:05 PM by Andrew Nuckols
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Plant and donate seedlings
Are you good at starting vegetables from seed? Consider planting some extra seedlings for AFAC. You can bring them to our offices and we will distribute them to our clients ...
Posted Apr 4, 2010 10:22 PM by Andrew Nuckols
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Produce storage advisor/trainer
Do you have experience storing produce in a way that reduces spoilage? AFAC has some experience with this and a plan for cooler storage but we would love an expert ...
Posted Apr 4, 2010 10:04 PM by Andrew Nuckols
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Church/Community Garden "Plots Against Hunger"
These are garden plots dedicated to growing produce for AFAC. We need volunteers to help plan, plant, water, weed, etc. Two gardens currently in need of volunteers are Unitarian Universalist ...
Posted Aug 5, 2010 12:47 PM by Andrew Nuckols
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Eagle Scout Community Service
Need an Eagle Scout community service project? We can help. Start a community garden or organize a group for gleaning this summer. Contact us for more details (and more ideas
Posted Mar 27, 2009 11:34 PM by Andrew Nuckols
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