The Tenmile Farm Foundation, a new nonprofit organization that works collaboratively with emergency food programs to empower them to more effectively serve their communities, is launching today alongside its inaugural partner City Harvest. The Tenmile Farm Foundation is reimagining emergency food supply to feed more people better by partnering with organizations tackling food insecurity to help them identify their incremental food supply needs and then growing food to meet those specific requirements. The non-profit is launching as its fully operational farm in Dover Plains, New York, specifically dedicated to growing food for partner organizations, has delivered over 65,000 pounds of fresh fruits, vegetables and protein in its first harvest to partners across the region, including City Harvest.
City Harvest is part of the food rescue movement that addresses the the fact that NYC has an abundance of excess food even while a large number of its residents went hungry.