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DeKalb County partners with Georgia farmers, local churches for produce giveaway

White, yellow, green, orange, red, purple fruits and vegetables on wooden background. Healthy food. Multicolored raw food tile rainbow food diet tile / Getty Images
White, yellow, green, orange, red, purple fruits and vegetables on wooden background. Healthy food. Multicolored raw food tile rainbow food diet tile / Getty Images White, yellow, green, orange, red, purple fruits and vegetables on wooden background. Healthy food. Multicolored raw food tile rainbow food diet tile / Getty Images

By Tyler Estep / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) 2 min read

DeKalb County is partnering with south Georgia farmers and local faith leaders for an upcoming produce giveaway.

Starting this weekend, a total of 2,500 boxes of Georgia-grown fruits and vegetables — including corn, squash, zucchini, bell peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes and watermelon — will be distributed by six churches across the county.

DeKalb is using American Rescue Plan funds to buy the produce from farmers with excess crops, a continuation of a food distribution strategy it has implemented since last spring.

“This farm-to-table initiative continues our efforts to alleviate food insecurity for our residents hardest hit by the economic effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond said in a news release.

Saint Philip AME Church (240 Candler Road SE in Atlanta) will hold its distribution event starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 28.