Attention Gardners!

What is it?

Plant a Row for the Hungry is a nationwide movement of gardeners and farmers who plant an extra row of vegetables in their gardens and fields and donate the harvest to a local food bank like the Arlington Food Assistance Center.

Since it began in 1995, the Plant a Row for the Hungry project has inspired thousands of home gardeners, community gardeners and farmers to grow produce for their less fortunate neighbors. By 2008, an estimated 12 million pounds of produce were donated by Plant a Row gardeners to local food banks.

How can I help?

• Plant an extra row & donate extra harvest. AFAC has free seeds available for planting
• Extra vegetable seedlings? Share them with our clients or with gardeners who have pledged to plant a row
• Neighbor going out of town and leaving the vegetables to ripen? Ask if you can harvest them and donate them to AFAC
• Ask your faith-based organization to be a produce drop-off site in summer months
• Start a Plot Against Hunger garden at your child's™ school or at your organization
• Help distribute brochures at area garden centers, cafes, libraries & farmers™ markets
• Join our market teams and pick up market-end produce at Arlington Farmers™ Markets on weekends
• Glean fields with the Mid-Atlantic Gleaning Network & bring fresh produce to AFAC

Where can I donate my produce?

South Side:

Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC)
  2708 S. Nelson Street
  (off 4-Mile Run Drive, near Shirlington)

Monday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm
Thursday evenings: 7 - 8 pm
Saturday mornings: 9 - 11 am

North Side:

Arlington Farmer's™ Market at Courthouse
  Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia Help Desk.
   Saturday mornings: 8:30 - noon Starting mid-June

For information contact:

AFAC's™ Plot Against Hunger Project
(703) 845-8486
Puwen.Lee@afac.org