First Fruits Farm, Feeding those in need for more than 20 years

First Fruits Farm now located in Freeland Md has been in existence for years and has given away more than 14.6 million pounds of fruits and vegetables to local food banks, homeless shelters, soup kitchens and other food providers.

REBOUND AND BUSINESSES REOPEN,THERE IS STILL A LARGE NEEDFOR FOOD ASSISTANCE.

MALLORYSOFASTAII SHOWS US HOW ONELOCAL FARM IS GIVING FOOD AWAYAND GLAD TO BE A BLESSING.(JEN GILLISPIE, Chief ExecutiveOfficer) 11:40 it isimpossible to be here and notfeel inspired.

Whether its bythe people who have selflesslygiven their time to helpothers.

Itfeeding people in need& comestogether for whatever needs tobe done.

TRACK 1: THIS ISNNEW FOR THE FIRST FRUITS FARM.FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS RICKBERNSTEIN HAS BEEN FARMING ANDGIVING AWAY EVERY CROP HEGROWS (RICK BERNSTEIN,Executive director.) 0:33:First Fruits began over 20years in a garden plot with mywife Carrol and our three kidsas a way to have a familyproject and also have a way togive food away to those inneed.

TRACK 2: THAT GARDENPLOT HAS NOW GROWN TO OVER TWOHUNDRED ACRES, ALL WITH HELPOF GENEROUS DONATIONS ANDFAITHFUL VOLUNTEERS RICK: 1:30We took our inspiration fromthe bible.

1:55 In Matthew 25,our Lord says If people arehungry you need to feed them.And so we thought if wegoing to feed them we donwant to give them leftovers.WESLEY KROCK, VOLUNTEER 16:13You get to come out and serveothers spiritually andphysically and thereof need for that.

NAT POPTRACK 3: WHILE COVID 19 HASCAUSED THE NUMBER OFVOLUNTEERS TO DECREASE FROMTHOUSANDS TO A FEW HUNDRED,THEY HAVE MANAGED TO FIND NEWWAYS TO MAKE SURE THE CROPSGET OUT OF THE GROUND.

( FUNNYALTERNATIVE━ TO MAKE SURE THEBEANS, GREENS AND POTATOES GETOUT OF THE GROUND) JAMISONHUNSBERGER, FARM MANAGER 9:25It definitely shifted towardsmore ways to mechanize more toreplace some of the volunteerswho haventhrough the covid, so welooking into options withmachinery.

TAG: IF YOU AREINTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING,REMEBER THERE ARE OVER TWOHUNDRED ACRES AND PLENT OFROOM FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.

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