Bemidji Food Shelf Farm
To provide high quality fresh produce for food shelf customers and their families to provide opportunities for food shelf customers their families and the community to learn gardening skills.
Bemidji food shelf farm. It s time to s t r e t c h your donation. If you are planning a large food collection or drive the food shelf would like to hear about it. We offer service once a month per household and can provide about 10 meals worth of food. Please consider a bequest to the bemidji community food shelf.
As a courtesy please call the food shelf to let the staff know of your plans and share the excitement. Box 3118 bemidji mn 56619 218 444 6580. Bemidji planting at the bemidji community food shelf farm has begun and they are now seeking volunteers. Street address 1260 exchange ave se bemidji mn 56601 mailing address p o.
Bcfs provides food to families and individuals living within beltrami county and the bemidji school district who are experiencing food insecurity. The farm supplies the food shelf with fresh produce from summer into winter. Part of the land on their property was tilled and used to grow various vegetables and fruits for the food shelf located downtown bemidji. The bemidji community food shelf s farm is asking for community support since the 2020 harvest ball will be canceled due to the pandemic.
Located at the bemidji community food shelf the farm project has three primary goals. We distribute food monday wednesday and friday from 10am 3pm. Our services are income based and we conform to the guidelines of the emergency food assistance program tefap. Emergency covid 19 procedures in effect.
Bemidji the bemidji community food shelf is asking for help this summer in supplying area food insecure families with fresh produce. Nutrition assistance program for seniors naps. Since the farm was started volunteers have helped grow potatoes corn pumpkins and tomatoes for the food shelf. This is the original bemidji food shelf farm founded in 2008 by gary and cindy vanyo.
We are a supershelf. Donate to bemidji community food shelf. We work with our partners to be inclusive and to provide fresh nourishing foods for those living in beltrami county and the bemidji school district. We are a client choice food shelf meaning that the customer chooses the food within each category.
Bemidji community food shelf is a faith based caring place that listens to those who are experiencing food insecurity. We hope in the future to continue to support the. The bcfs farm project is underway and more hands are needed to. For more information visit with your estate planner or financial.