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NHFB Young Farmers Receive $40,000 Grant from Hannaford Supermarkets

The New Hampshire Farm Bureau Young Farmers received a $40,000 dollar grant from Hannaford Supermarkets for their Harvest for All program. (left to right) Theo Mongeau, Young Farmer Committee Chair Amy Matarozzo, Leandra Pritchard, Young Farmer Coordinator Josh Marshall, Madison Hardy, and Tyler Hardy accept the check at a presentation held at Brookdale Fruit Farm in Hollis.

Concord, NH – Hannaford Supermarkets announced the donation of $40,000 dollars to the New Hampshire Farm Bureau (NHFB) Young Farmers Committee Harvest for All program on Monday, September 25th as well as donations to other groups and organizations in New England serving those at risk of going hungry. The donations, part of the Hannaford Helps initiative, were announced at Brookdale Fruit Farm in Hollis, where the NHFB Young Farmers were picking up farm fresh produce to deliver to the New Hampshire Food Bank.

Each year, as part of the Harvest for All program, the Young Farmers organize the collection and donation of healthful, nutritious, and locally raised produce and meat to food banks and soup kitchens across the state. In 2015 & 2016, the group transported over 13,000 pounds of food from NHFB member farms to the NH Food Bank and other local agencies. That dedication was noticed by Hannaford Supermarkets and their grant will help the project continue and expand.

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Young Farmers’ Harvest for All Collects 7,855 Pounds From NH Farms for NH Food Banks

The NH Young Farmers are grateful to all the farms who participated in August's Harvest for All donation. Chip Hardy (far right) and the crew at Brookdale Fruit Farm poses here alongside their donation of 3 pallets of tomatoes!
Jackie Johnson and Justin Roberts, Granite State FFA State Officers, helped collect produce from the seacoast region to contribute towards the 7,855 total pounds of food donated on August 15th.
Young Farmers unload fresh produce at the NH Food Bank in Manchester. WMUR was there to capture one of the many truckloads of fruits and veggies brought in that day.
Young Farmer Committee Chair Amy Matarozzo (left) and Vice-Chair Christina Murdock could not be happier seeing the generosity of local farms contributing to the Harvest for All program.
Theo Mongeau (right) and NH Food Bank staff work to unload donations at the NH Food Bank in Manchester.

Concord, NH – Over 7,800 pounds of fruits and vegetables were donated to the Friendly Kitchen in Concord and the NH Food Bank in Manchester thanks to volunteers from the New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Committee and the generosity of local farms. The Young Farmers, with some help from two Granite State FFA Officers, spent Monday August 15^th travelling across the state visiting 11 farms to pick up produce donations for the Harvest for All program.

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Young Farmers Raise and Donate 295 Pounds of Beef to NH Food Pantries

Thanks to everyone at The Local Butcher in Barnstead, NH for donating the full cost of processing and packaging 295 pounds of ground beef to be donated to NH Food Pantries!
The Barnstead Food Pantry received 50 pounds of ground beef donated by the Young Farmers as part of their Harvest For All Campaign.
The NHFB Young Farmers raised and donated approximately 300 pounds of fresh ground beef to five foot pantries and soup kitchens across the state. (left to right) Friendly Kitchen Director Jennifer Lombardo, Young Farmer Committee Chair Amy Matarozzo, Young Farmer Coordinator Leandra Pritchard, and Young Farmer Committee Vice-Chair Christina Murdock at the Friendly Kitchen in Concord, NH.
(left to right) Young Farmer Coordinator Leandra Pritchard, Nashua Soup Kitchen Staff Rich Walker, Young Farmer Committee Chair Amy Matarozzo, and Young Farmer Committee Vice-Chair Christina Murdock ouside the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter in Nashua, NH.

Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Committee donated 295 pounds of ground beef to several food pantries and soup kitchens across the state on Monday, May 16^th. As part of the Harvest For All Campaign, a partnership with American Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Program and Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks, the Young Farmers annually organize the collection and donation of fresh produce from New Hampshire Farms to help fight hunger. Last year they collected and donated over 5,000 pounds of fresh produce to soup kitchens and food pantries across the state. Expanding on their traditional efforts, the Young Farmers decided to raise a beef cow as part of this year’s Harvest For All Campaign.

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