What is Plant a Row?
Plant A Row for the Hungry (PAR) is a national people-helping-people program that encourages gardeners to grow a little extra and donate the produce to local soup kitchens and food pantries serving the homeless and hungry in their local communities. Launched in 1995, Plant a Row for the Hungry is a public service program of GardenComm, formerly the Garden Writers Association (GWA). Watch this video for an introduction.
How can you help?
If you live in the Metro-Atlanta area, you can pledge to donate produce to the Plant-a-row program. Please register at this link, https://tinyurl.com/ag-plant-a-row.
If you do not need guidance, you can skip registration and just submit a donation, https://tinyurl.com/ag-par-donate.
What Should I Grow?
Please consider growing items for donation that are most needed by local families:
collards
lettuce
cabbage
carrots
kale
tomatoes
peppers
squash/winter squash
beans
any greens
corn
potatoes
Supported by Green Cell Atlanta
Green Cell Atlanta has agreed to support this program by collecting the produce from families and delivering it to the local food pantries.
Where will the donations go?
The produce will be donated to local food pantries. The list is managed by Food Well Alliance. More information is available on this Food Well Alliance Page.
Hunger in America
Millions of children and families living in America face hunger and food insecurity every day1.
Due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 50 million people may experience food insecurity, including a potential 17 million children.
According to the USDA's latest Household Food Insecurity in the United States report, more than 35 million people in the United States struggled with hunger in 2019. In 2018, 14.3 million American households were food insecure with limited or uncertain access to enough food.
Households with children are more likely to experience food insecurity. Before the coronavirus pandemic, more than 10 million children live in food-insecure households. Every community in the country is home to families who struggle with food insecurity including rural and suburban communities. Many households that experience food insecurity do not qualify for federal nutrition programs and need to rely on their local food banks and other hunger relief organizations for support.
Contact us
You can reach us at agplantarow [ @ ] googlegroups.com with questions.
Planting Guides
Plant a row Calendar -- https://tinyurl.com/ag-par-planner
Seed starting Calculator -- https://www.johnnyseeds.com/growers-library/seed-planting-schedule-calculator.html