The produce comes from greenhouses in the Windsor and Leamington areas in southwestern Ontario.
A dozen retired volunteers with
Plentiful Harvest in the two communities filled a large truck with veggie hampers for shipment to the Regional Food Distribution Association in Thunder Bay.
On Monday, workers at the RFDA delivered 26 pallets containing 70 hampers each to a number of local food banks, which will in turn hand them out to their clients this week.
Volker Kromm, the executive director at the RFDA, said when shipments of vegetables arrive in bulk, there s often considerable waste. This is a step up in our commitment to do healthy, Kromm said.