Mid Ohio Food Bank

Had a great time touring the wonderful new facilities of the Mid Ohio Food Bank yesterday afternoon.  Here are some images.  

  Here's our guide, Elaine, welcoming us into the Mid Ohio Food Bank

 

 truck entrance at back, so that food pantries and other groups can pull right into the Food Bank to load up the groceries and other things

 central aisle of the Food Bank

 

 Our tour group in the central aisle of the Food Bank:  Mairead, Ann, Alan, tour guide Elaine, Eliza and Tim, and their two kids

 the community garden, planted and maintained by volunteers from local companies, high schools, and service groups, watered from rain collected from the Food Bank roof, and released by timers run by the solar panel on the pergola in the background; water barrels standing about, with a composter behind the cabbage on the left

stringbean towers in the community garden

 

 tomato cages in the community garden

eggplant starting to grow in the community garden

While the community garden is exciting, even more exciting is the fact that the Mid Ohio Food Bank distributes over 34 million tons of food a year.  Yes, you read that right:  34 million tons!!!

Much more information at their website, http://www.midohiofoodbank.org/  -- check them out.  They're performing a much-needed service, and doing it extremely well.