DULUTH, Minn. — The Second Harvest Northern Lakes Meals Financial institution is recognizing the contributions from one native farmer in Duluth.

The group says farmer Doug Hoffbauer has donated greater than 19,000 kilos of recent produce over the previous ten years.

Farmer Doug says he’ll proceed to donate, however needs to encourage different growers to take action as properly, particularly because the seasons change.

He says it may be anybody from different farmers to individuals who have gardens of their yards.

“There’s been a whole lot of information that exhibits that youngsters which are well-fed with nutritious meals do higher at school,” Hoffbauer stated. “They do higher at school, they’ll do higher in life. It’s a neighborhood duty I really feel that we now have that each child has each alternative to do his greatest…the advantages of native produce are well-known and I believe everyone ought to have entry to it in a technique form or type.”

Second Harvest says Bay Produce, Glensheen Mansion, the Northeast Regional Correctional Heart, and a number of other retailers are additionally large produce donors.

A meals useful resource developer with Second Harvest says recent vegatables and fruits are all the time extremely requested.

“We’re actually encouraging individuals to donate as a lot recent as they will so if in case you have additional in your backyard if in case you have a farm your self, we’d like to take any surplus you’re capable of present,” Tim Noake stated. “We’re tremendous appreciative of the advocating he’s executed to get different individuals to donate their recent items to us.”

Second Harvest says it helps feed about 44,000 individuals in Northeast Minnesota.

If you wish to drop off meals donations they’re open from eight to four on weekdays.