Farmer Gives Away His Harvest To Feed Those In Need

According to recent data from Feeding America, the child hunger statistics in the United States are rather alarming. It is estimated that as of 2015, 13.1 children were living in food unstable households. This means that on a given day, the member of the household, parents and children included, may not have access to enough nutritious foods. There will be food rationing so that they may at least eat something, or meals will be missed altogether.

In 30 states and in Washington, D.C., more than 20% of children did not have consistent access to food and the highest rates (27%) occurred in Mississippi and New Mexico. It is a well-known fact that proper nutrition is absolutely essential for proper growth and development, both physical and intellectual. Children without enough to eat suffer not only physically, but tend to do poorer and school, negatively affecting their futures.

If you have never gone without food, this problem may seem far away. You may not realize that there are struggling children and families in your own community. There may be children in your child’s school who only receive a single decent meal a day—a free or discounted school lunch. These kids may be your child’s friends or the children of a neighbour. The fact is, it happens in nearly every community.

Jonathan Lawler, a successful farmer from Indiana, didn’t realize how widespread the problem of hunger was in his own community until his young son pointed it out to him; his son told him about children in his class who were taking food home from school, from the food pantry.

It didn’t make sense that in a farming community that produces food, his own friends and neighbours were going hungry. So, he made a decision to restructure his business to a non-profit to help feed needy families in his hometown and beyond.

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