Story Published: Apr 29, 2009 at 2:19 PM PST
Story Updated: Apr 29, 2009 at 2:19 PM PST
On the Palouse, the Moscow League of Women voters heard about how to make a green difference locally, while helping people get healthy food.
Amy Grey is the director of Backyard Harvest.
"Backyard Harvest is a community-based organization that provides better access for seniors and low income families to fresh fruits and vegetables," said Grey. "We do that by relying on local food resources, residential fruit trees, backyard vegetable gardens and surplus from area farms."
Grey said it's important to provide fresh food to those in need.
"If you visit our local food banks, you'll find that while canned goods and processed foods are really mainstays, fresh fruits and vegetables are just not available. And it just seems like there are so many problems that are beyond us in terms of solving locally, but this seemed to be a problem we can make a local impact on," said Grey. "The project has been around for three years and in that time we have collected about 38,000 pounds of produce and delivered it to 20 area food banks both up here on the Palouse and also down in the LC Valley."
Grey encourages people to plant a little extra in their home gardens to donate to the cause.
If you want to get involved, check out the website at: www.backyardharvest.org
You can also call (208) 669-2259. Volunteers will collect food from your garden or trees to make available to low-income residents.
