| Our company and our growers share a strong belief in the importance of sharing our abundance with those less fortunate than ourselves. Together, we regularly donate nutritious fresh organic produce to food banks across the country. Be it mislabeled, slightly damaged, overstocked or simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, we'd all rather these fruits and vegetables went to feed the hungry than went to waste. Although it takes a bit of extra time and effort we all agree it's worth it to donate these products to food banks instead of just throwing them away.
In addition to these regular donations, CF Fresh also makes a special effort to help people during times of crisis.
- Disaster Relief: Hurricanes Katrina & Rita 2005
We organized our growers, storage providers, and transportation companies and successfully donated over 80,000 lbs of fresh produce to America's Second Harvest for distribution into the devastated Gulf Coast region. A big "Thank you!" to all of the organizations and people who made this effort a success. Together, we made a difference!
- Intervalley Produce, in Wapato, WA donated their valuable services consolidating, storing, inspecting and shipping the collected donated produce.
- Judel Marketing International, Inc. packed and donated 36 pallets of organic yellow onions.
- Broetje Orchards donated several pallets of Red Delicious, Gingergold, and Granny Smith apples.
- Fraserland Organics, Inc. of Delta, BC packed and donated 5 pallets of organic russet potatoes, and even shipped them to Clackamas for consolidation.
- Organically Grown Company in Clackamas, OR donated their warehouse facility for cross docking the potatoes, and in addition donated a pallet of assorted fruits and vegetables from their own stock.
- Cross Creek Trading donated their valuable services trucking the donation pallets from Clackamas to Intervalley for consolidation.
- CF Fresh also made a substantial monetary donation to the Farm Aid National Relief Fund to help small farmers recover from hurricane and flood related damage.
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