{"id":2938,"date":"2017-12-16T18:28:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T23:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2017-12-20T11:20:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T16:20:49","slug":"orleans-county-albion-high-school-ffa-food-drive-delivers-35000lbs-of-fresh-produce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/12\/16\/orleans-county-albion-high-school-ffa-food-drive-delivers-35000lbs-of-fresh-produce\/","title":{"rendered":"ORLEANS COUNTY\/Albion High School FFA food drive delivers 35,000lbs of fresh produce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k47-PXRtIF0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Albion FFA delivered 35,000 lbs of fresh produce to the Orleans &amp; Genesee Community Action Saturday morning .<\/p>\n<p>25 students from the FFA and local food pantry volunteers loaded the fresh produce that was provided by local farms onto a flatbed semi at the Albion High School, then unloaded it at Community Action on East State Street.<\/p>\n<p>Eight food pantries and local churches then showed up at Community Action to collect the foods they needed.<\/p>\n<p>The FFA has been collecting food with the help of the local farming community since 2010. It all started with 3,000lbs of food and has now ballooned to 35,000 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>Farms from Orleans, Genesee, and Erie Counties donated vegetables, eggs, bread and fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the pantries say they will now have enough food through Christmas and into the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Any food pantry that was unable to show up this morning to pick up food can call Michelle Figueroa at Community Action at 585-589-5605 Ext. 105.<\/p>\n<p>List of farms participating:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Triple G Farms- Potatoes<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Root Brothers- Cabbage<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Kludt Brothers- Squash<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Nesbitt Fruit Farm- Apples<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Orchard Dale Fruit Farm\u00a0&#8211; Apples<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Kreher&#8217;s- Eggs<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Martin Farms- Squash<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Jeff Partyka- Apples<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CY Farms- Onions<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Starowitz Farms- Cabbage<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Torrey Farms- Onions and Potatoes<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Panek Family Farm- Green Beans and Corn<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Robert Colby\/ Colby Farms\u00a0&#8211; Potatoes and Cabbage<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Bittner Singer Orchards- Apples<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Orleans County Farm Bureau- Hams<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mortellaro and Sons- Onions<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Costanzo\u2019s Bakery\/ Dale Root- Bread<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Adam Kirby &#8211; Apples<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Navarra&#8217;s Greenhouses &#8211; wooden packing crates<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Call Farms &#8211; potatoes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albion FFA delivered 35,000 lbs of fresh produce to the Orleans &amp; Genesee Community Action Saturday morning . 25 students from the FFA and local food pantry volunteers loaded the fresh produce that was provided by local farms onto a flatbed semi at the Albion High School, then unloaded \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/12\/16\/orleans-county-albion-high-school-ffa-food-drive-delivers-35000lbs-of-fresh-produce\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[128,6],"tags":[690,691],"class_list":["post-2938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-albion","category-orleans-county","tag-albion-ffa","tag-food-drive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-Lo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69836,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/genesee-county-meeting-the-need-batavia-downs-community-action-partner-on-food-drive\/","url_meta":{"origin":2938,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Meeting the need: Batavia Downs, Community Action partner on food drive","author":"aka","date":"November 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Taking part in a press conference on Friday morning announcing a food drive at Batavia Downs Gaming are, from left, Danielle Fleming, WROTB vice president of Human Resources; 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