Florida Farm Bureau Young Farmers team with Second Harvest

Florida Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) program has teamed up with America’s Second Harvest, the largest charitable relief organization in the U.S., to help feed America. Young Farmers and Ranchers across the nation have been working in partnership with Second Harvest since 2002 to keep feeding the hungry.

Young Farmers and Ranchers – Farm Bureau members between the ages of 18 and 35 – are donating food and other items to local food banks affiliated with America’s Second Harvest. They also donate money and time.

“Each food bank depends heavily on individuals and groups to help in the fight against hunger,” said Rachel Kudelko, Florida Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer and Rancher coordinator. “Time donated at the local food bank goes a long way toward helping men, women and children get the food they desperately need.”

Donations by county YF&R groups will be calculated at the Florida Farm Bureau Federation Annual meeting Oct. 8-10 at the Orlando Peabody Hotel and prizes will be awarded to each of the county Farm Bureaus that donate the most food, the most money and the most volunteer hours, respectively.

The Florida Farm Bureau Federation is the state’s largest general-interest agricultural association with about 140,000 member-families statewide. Headquartered in Gainesville, the Federation is an independent, nonprofit agricultural organization. More information about Florida Farm Bureau is available on the organization’s Web site, http://FloridaFarmBureau.org.