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North Brookfield Food Collaborative describes weekly deliveries, requests volunteers and donations
Summary
Volunteers from the North Brookfield Food Collaborative told selectmen they deliver weekly food to seniors and families, partner with local farms and donors, and are seeking volunteers, monetary donations and a safer location for a free farm stand.
Members of the North Brookfield Food Collaborative presented their program in public comment on June 3, describing a weekly schedule of food deliveries, partnerships with local farms and in-kind donors, and a growing client list that the group says now serves more households than when it formed.
The collaborative — introduced to the board by a speaker identified as Karen — said it coordinates produce donations from Stillman Farms, Howe Farm and Matrusey Farm; receives frozen donations from CNS Grocer; and works with local restaurants to supply home-cooked meals to seniors. Karen described a…
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