Hunger and food access affects one in every seven people in the United States, a total of 14.5% of households. Fresh produce is often the hardest item for families to obtain and purchase. At the same time 12% of produce goes unharvested due to the cost of labor, market price of produce and other factors. Kerri LaCharite, Produce Specialist at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will speak about local and urban agriculture initiatives and volunteer opportunities in South Western Pennsylvania and James Harrell, Jr., Regional Coordinator of the SW PA Food Security Partnership, will speak about the Southwestern Pennsylvania Food Security Partnership at the October 3, 2011 meeting of Sustainable Monroeville between 7:00 and 8:30 PM in the downstairs program room of the Monroeville Public Library. Free and open to the public. Join Us!
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Food Security Partnership was formed with the understanding that a unified approach is the way to make substantial progress toward eradicating hunger in our region. Strengthening communications, sharing resources, identifying gaps and forging new collaborations throughout the Partnership’s network is their methodology. It is an approach one set of authors recently described as a “collective impact” rather than an “isolated impact” strategy.
Below is a more detailed link to the Pittsburgh food bank website which shows the types of work that the Partners have been doing in Allegheny County as well as the entire region.
Melons surrounded by Marigolds to stave off extraneous large critters in the Monroeville USDA People's Garden, September, 2011
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