The mission of Fields to Families is is to help increase nutrition to the area hungry by coordinating the distribution of fresh produce obtained from local gardens and farms.
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- Founded:
- 2006
Causes
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you are enjoying the Holiday Season! Thanks to the generosity of our farmers and the dedication of the Fields to Families Volunteers, for the second year in a row, we have distributed TWO tractor-trailers of fresh vegetables...
Fields to Families "Helping Hand -- Best Gift of All" - Great photos and story featuring Fields to Families by @PaulZoellerPhotography
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Some run into the fire, some help bring a smile to a young child's face while others look to lend a hand wherever they can but they all have a co ...
Happy Holidays to all who have given so much of your time and effort to help your neighbors in need, not just at this special season of giving, but all year long. Without your efforts, many of our neighbors would not have had the fresh nutritious food that you provided for them...
Fields to Families Want to help feed the hungry not just during the holidays, but all year long? Join our cause and donate to Fields to Families:
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Can you spare a couple of hours on Saturday morning, December 12th and again on December 19th to help provide the needy with fresh vegetables? Come harvest vegetables at both Robertson’s Garden on Wadmalaw Island and Rosebank Farm on Johns Island. Children are welcome at Rosebank. ...
If we should have a light frost, we would still be able to pick vegetables after the ice melts off the vegetables. Therefore, frost or no frost, we are changing our start time for gleaning to 10 AM until further notice...
Fields to Families A new report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirms that almost 50 million Americans had a hard time putting food on the table in 2008 -- one in seven American households, an increase of 13 million people from the year before.
NewsHour Extra: Hungry in America: New Food Insecurity Numbers Are A Wake Up Call | November 24, 200
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A new report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirms that almost 50 million Americans had a hard time putting food on the table in 2008 -- one in seven American households, an increase of 13 million people from the year before.
Happy Thanksgiving! Come out and work off your Thanksgiving Dinner! We aregleaning atbothRosebank Farm on Johns Island and Robertson’s Garden on Wadmalaw Island this Saturday, November 28th at 9 AM. Sign up by noon on Friday at info@fieldstofamilies.orgfor either site. ...
This week there will be several opportunities for volunteers to participate in Fields to Families activities. Shedquarters – a name we have given to the shed that Blackbaud volunteers erected on the site of our Moncks Corner Garden Project – will be finished this weekend! We...
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGE! We WILL be gleaning thisSaturday, November 14th at 9 AM at Rosebank Farm! We are harvesting peas and corn! Feed the hungry and stay for the festivities! See the preceeding blog for details.
Below is the gleaning schedule for the rest of November. The schedule is subject to change with the availability of crops to be harvested. ROSEBANK FARM ON JOHNS ISLAND Saturday, November 14th : The 5th Annual Lowcountry Fall Festival at Rosebank Farms will take place from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. ...
Fields to Families Want to volunteer to help feed the hungry? We will be gleaning throughout November!Registered volunteers, please email info@fieldstofamilies.org. Not registered yet? Signup here:
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Happy Halloween! No gleaning this weekend! Next week, we will be gleaning at Rosebank Farm on Johns Island on Wednesday, November 4th and Saturday, November 7th, 9 AM both days...
What ifFields to Familiesearned a donation every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can...
We are gleaning on Saturday, October 24th at Rosebank Farm AND at a new garden on Wadmalaw Island, about 5 miles from the intersection of Maybank Highway and Main Road. Starting time at both sites will be at 9 am...
