FRESH FOOD FOR ALL STATISTICS

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Fresh Food for All by the numbers

For Local Produce Link, a joint project of Just Food and United Way of NYC:

 

55 +

Different varieties of vegetables distributed to food pantry clients
 

3,000 +

Number of emergency food program clients, staff and volunteers who participated in cooking demonstrations and staff trainings
 
 

in 2012

 

$369,138

Amount of HPNAP funds paid to local farmers
 

48

Number of Emergency Food Programs participating
 

5

Number of New York City boroughs served
 

247,536

Pounds of local produce distributed to families in need
 
 

in 2011

 

94

Number of Community Chef cooking demonstrations at food pantries using fresh vegetables from local farms
 

6

Number of farm trips
 

313

Number of food pantry staff, volunteers, clients participating in the farm trips
 
 

For Just Food's Direct Purchasing Project in 2009:

 

$22,200

Money paid to local farmers to purchase fresh vegetables for emergency food programs
 

4

Numbers of Emergency Food Programs participating
 

5,500

Number of individuals who received fresh vegetables from local farms