JK Community Farm Sets Goal to Donate 245,000 Pounds of Food in 2023 to Fight Hunger in the DMV
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JK Community Farm (Farm), a 150-acre nonprofit farm in Purcellville, Virginia that grows crops and livestock and gives them to nonprofits to alleviate hunger, will donate nearly 245,000 pounds of food this year—its highest yield ever.
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- JK Community Farm (Farm), a 150-acre nonprofit farm in Purcellville, Virginia that grows crops and livestock and gives them to nonprofits to alleviate hunger, will donate nearly 245,000 pounds of food this year—its highest yield ever.
- To help guide its work, the Farm also announced the addition of two new board members—Truist’s Evelyn Lee and JK Moving’s Tucker Gladhill .
- For 2023, the Farm plans to grow 245,000 pounds of food, the equivalent of 194,000 healthy, organic meals for those area residents facing food insecurity.
- In 2022, the Farm donated 235,000 pounds of food, about 188,000 meals, and hosted over 4,500 volunteers.