STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY’S APPLIED AGRICULTURE AND FOOD STUDIES PROGRAM DONATED PRODUCE FROM THEIR ON-CAMPUS GARDEN TO THE FOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND MONDAY.
VALERIE PETERSEN, ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOOD BANK, SAYS IT’S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO RECEIVE FRESHLY PICKED PRODUCE:
FBANK1 OC……THAT’S GREAT. :20
A WIDE VARIETY OF FRESH VEGGIES WERE LOADED ON TO A FOOD BANK TRUCK BY STUDENTS AND STAFF DURING THE HOT AFTERNOON:
FBANK2 OC…DREAM REALLY. :21
OVER THE SUMMER, STUDENTS AND STAFF TENDED TO THE GARDEN.
DAN WITTEN IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE AT MORNINGSIDE AND IS ALSO A FOOD BANK BOARD MEMBER.
HE SAYS EVERYONE IS ON BOARD TO MAKE THIS AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP:
FBANK3 OC………MANY TO COME. :14
HE SAYS THE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM STARTED PLANTING EARLY IN THE SPRING SEMESTER:
FBANK4 OC…..HARVEST IT. :22
THE STUDENTS HAVE ALSO DONATED FOOD TO LOCAL PANTRIES INCLUDING A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CUCUMBERS TO GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WHICH IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE CAMPUS.
