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Berkshire Co-Act Food Net
Farmer's Second Harvest: (Distributing unsold crops to pantries and meal sites).
Receive a tax write off for unsold produce and help the most vulnerable in Berkshire County. We pick up at your site and can harvest. Last year Co-Act distributed over 11,000 pounds of fresh produce to 14 pantries and meal sites in Central and Southern Berkshire County through our network of local farmers, community and private gardens. The Food Net provided nutrition for 88,400 meals in 2010 which is nearly double what we provided in 2009. Contact: Paul Deslauriers, 413-232-7888 or Paul@co-act.org
Organizations Involved Project Sprout, Monument Mountain High School West Side Farm Project, Pittsfield Woven Roots Farm, Lee Peace Valley Farm, Williamstown Indian Line Farm, Egremont Montessori School, Great Barrington
Under Mead Farm, Lenox Berkshire Organics, Dalton Flavours Restaurant, Pittsfield
Master Gardeners, Pittsfield Lenox Garden Club, Lenox
Meal Sites Served in Central and Southern Berkshires:
First United Methodist Church, Pittsfield St. Stephen's Parish, Pittsfield
South Congregational Church, Pittsfield The Salvation Army, Pittsfield Christian Center of Pittsfield First Congregational Church, Pittsfield
Lee Food Pantry, Lee Reigning Love Church, Pittsfield People's Pantry, Great Barrington Dalton Food Pantry, Dalton WIC, Great Barrington VFW Pantry, Lanesboro First Baptist Church, Pittsfield United Methodist Church, Lenox
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