Ten-thousand pounds of produce is going to people who need it thanks to the inaugural Crop Drop. The produce arrived at The Lands at Hillside Farms in Shavertown on Monday.
The Food Dignity Movement, Midwest Food Bank and Farm Link distributed the food to 12 nonprofits. Farm Link works to prevent food waste by handing out surplus from farmers and warehouses to families in need.
Crop Drop: A Photo Essay
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Clancy Cash Harrison of Food Dignity stands with pallets of vegetables delivered for distribution at the Crop Drop at Hillside Farms.
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Volunteers unload ten pallets of vegetables from a truck for the Food Dignity Movement's first ever Crop Drop.
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Volunteers pick up vegetables at Hillside Farms to be distributed through their nonprofits.
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Kelly Gibbons from Kings College and Anthony Royster from New Roots carry produce to deliver from the Crop Drop.
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Members of the Food Dignity Movement prepare food to be picked up at Hillside Farms.
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Volunteers move pallets of cucumbers donated for the Crop Drop.
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Anthony Royster of New Roots carries produce to deliver from the Crop Drop.
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Timothy Rodwell of Katie's Place Clubhouse in Scranton takes fresh produce for the nonprofit for people living with mental illness.
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George Bowman, a volunteer with Food Dignity, gathers produce.
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Kelly Gibbons logs pallets of vegetables delivered to Food Dignity.
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Food is delivered to New Roots, a recovery support center, in Wilkes-Barre.
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Anthony Royster delivers produce from the Crop Drop to New Roots.
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Charlie Obuch hides behind his mom with a fistful of cucumbers.
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Clancy Cash Harrison of Food Dignity talks to volunteers before a truck of vegetables is delivered.
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