Forgotten Harvest Farms: racing to harvest a million pounds
FENTON. Forgotten Harvest Farms is trying to harvest 1 million pounds of food by the end of the year. The farm works about 100 of its 1,500 acres, under farm manager Mike Yancho, who has run it for 13 years.
Last year 3,100 volunteers planted, weeded and hand harvested more than 20 different crops. One Thursday, more than 40 volunteers pulled over 10,000 pounds of cabbage; crates holding 750 to 950 pounds get delivered to mobile pantries within a day or two.
"One pound equals a meal," says assistant farm manager Lori Setera.
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