Cape Fear Farm Credit Completes Third Annual Community Service “Produce Project,” Giving Back to 4,500 People
Cape Fear Farm Credit (CFFC) recently concluded their third annual community service project in partnership with nearly 50 local farmers in an effort to share fresh produce with nearly 25 food donation centers and distribution partners. All of Cape Fear Farm Credit local branch offices were able to provide a range of fresh produce, including 18 different commodities, to more than 4,500 people in need throughout southeastern North Carolina.
Each produce bag was filled with traditional southern produce from local family farms within southeastern North Carolina including corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, potatoes, squash, zucchini, blueberries, and blackberries. Each bag was filled with enough produce to feed a family of four. This project assisted their members and local farmers by providing an additional distribution avenue for their produce, in addition to feeding local families in need.
In the past three years, this Cape Fear Farm Credit project has supported 127 local farmers, volunteered approximately 630 hours and fed more than 10,500 individuals with fresh, local and healthy produce throughout their local communities. Cape Fear Farm Credit was honored to continue the annual project this year to add to the collective positive impact throughout southeastern North Carolina.
About Cape Fear Farm Credit
Cape Fear Farm Credit is an agricultural lending cooperative owned by its member-borrowers. It provides loans for land, equipment, livestock and production, as well as rural home mortgages and rural living. Cape Fear Farm Credit has branches serving Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Hoke, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson, Sampson, and Scotland counties. It is part of the national Farm Credit System, a network of financial cooperatives established in 1916 to provide a dependable source of credit to farmers and rural America. To locate a branch near you, visit www.capefearfc.com or call 1.800.368.5819.