Feed Fannin buys local produce

  • Feed Fannin volunteers harvested sweet potatoes Monday, September 28, at their farm on Ada Street in Blue Ridge. Shown are, from left, front, Dave Ricker, Lory Conte, Kathy Corey; back, Curt Hinnant, Priscilla Cashman, Sheryl Osborne and Toby, Catherine Sugg and Zora Herr.
    Feed Fannin volunteers harvested sweet potatoes Monday, September 28, at their farm on Ada Street in Blue Ridge. Shown are, from left, front, Dave Ricker, Lory Conte, Kathy Corey; back, Curt Hinnant, Priscilla Cashman, Sheryl Osborne and Toby, Catherine Sugg and Zora Herr.
  • Priscilla Cashman holds up several sweet potatoes that were harvested this season in Feed Fannin’s garden.
    Priscilla Cashman holds up several sweet potatoes that were harvested this season in Feed Fannin’s garden.
  • Luke Dilbeck of The Folk Apothic has been helping Feed Fannin obtain fresh, local produce for Fannin County Family Connection’s food pantry.
    Luke Dilbeck of The Folk Apothic has been helping Feed Fannin obtain fresh, local produce for Fannin County Family Connection’s food pantry.
  • Feed Fannin Farm and Garden Manager Kathy Beck pets Miss Bacon, a neighbor’s pet pig, when she paid a visit to the garden one day this summer.
    Feed Fannin Farm and Garden Manager Kathy Beck pets Miss Bacon, a neighbor’s pet pig, when she paid a visit to the garden one day this summer.
This past June, Feed Fannin began purchasing needed produce from local farmers. Although the organization produced some 7,500 pounds of food in their own garden, more was, and is, needed in order to…

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