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New food
bank to
open
June 2
By Stephen Dareing
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Food banks aren’t known for fresh food. Usually, the fare is canned, frozen or dry, and often stale. This bothered Rappahannock resident Hal Hunter.
Why should those facing tough times eat less healthy than the rest of us - at least the rest of us who consider healthy eating to involve more than starches and canned beans, he asked. ^
Beginning Tuesday, June 2 at the old senior center on Mt. Salem Avenue in Washington, those receiving aid will also have access to fresh food and eggs courtesy of Hunters “Plant a Row” program he began earlier this year.
“It’s great, but we’ve still got a long ways to go,” said Hunter in an interview Wednesday.
A big problem is that nobody’s coming yet to pick up food, but they are already getting donated fresh food, said Hunter.
“Sunnyside Farms has already donated 70 pounds of fresh, mixed greens,” said Hunter, but most of it had to be given to the Fauquier Food
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