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Thanks to a nearly $200,000 grant from the Jeanette L. Musgrave Foundation – the largest grant the Full Circle Gardens program has ever received – our team has made important updates to our raised garden beds, irrigation system and produce transport at The Food Bank Farm.

Over the past nine months, crews have renovated 78 raised garden beds to grow more produce for families facing hunger in southwest Missouri. Sturdier raised beds will reduce pest habitats, improve volunteer and visitor safety and provide more produce for families facing hunger. We were even able to repurpose some of our old cinder blocks to create flower and herb beds. The garden’s new irrigation system technology will allow our staff to adjust water to plants remotely, which will help save time for more growing projects.

Grant funds were also used to purchase a 1-ton capacity cargo van, doubling the amount of fresh produce and garden equipment we can transport to our partner charities.

The Food Bank’s quarter acre farm grows more than 14,000 pounds of produce per year and serves as an educational hub where students and our partner charities learn about hunger relief and gardening best practices.

Thank you again to the Jeanette L. Musgrave Foundation for helping us end hunger and keep our community healthy. To learn more about how Full Circle Gardens is fighting hunger in southwest Missouri, visit ozarksfoodharvest.org/programs/full-circle-gardens.