The Farm Wagon delivers fresh and shelf-stable food out to rural and inner city neighborhoods where low income people who may not have access to that quality of nutritious food live. They can choose the food they want and use it while it maintains high nutritional value.
Initiated in October 1999, the Farm Wagon visits sites in Allen, Whitley, LaGrange, Adams, Steuben, Huntington, Wells, DeKalb and Noble counties. The Farm Wagon program distributes over 1.5 million pounds of fresh produce and other perishables annually.
Here's how the Farm Wagon works: a member agency agrees to host the mobile pantry and arranges a delivery time. The agency publicizes the delivery time to their clients. We stock the Farm Wagon with fresh food and sometimes shelf-stable food and drive it directly to the agency. At the agency designated time the doors are opened and people select the food of their choice.
If you are or know of someone who is a potential donor of produce or other perishable food products please don't dump it! If it's salvageable, Community Harvest Food Bank will get it into the hands of those hungry families who need it most, usually within hours, via the Farm Wagon
CANCELLATION GUIDELINES FOR THE
COMMUNITY HARVEST FARM WAGON
There will be no Farm Wagon deliveries if the following weather condition(s) occur:
If any of the situations above exist at 7:30 a.m., Farm Wagon deliveries in the affected area(s) will not occur that day. CHFB will make every attempt to have the cancellation of the Farm Wagon announced on all media outlets.
