Freshening Up

Food Bank Providing More Fresh Produce

Posted: January 21, 2013

Fresh sweet potatoes and asparagus at the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank in Verona wait to be given to needy families and residents. In 2007, fresh produce made up 4 percent of the food given to clients. By the end of 2012, that number had jumped to 15 percent. (Photos by Nikki Fox)
Stone Fisher, a warehouse assistant at the Valley agency, loads a pallet of food earlier this month for a delivery.
VERONA — In addition to lots of canned soup and boxed macaroni and cheese, Shenandoah Valley residents patronizing area food pantries might notice more fresh produce available to them.

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