Kawartha Food Share Receives 5,000 Pounds of Potatoes From Local Organizations

Roughly 5,000 pounds of P.E.I. potatoes travelled across the country to Kawartha Food Share from the Rotary Club of Peterborough and McWilliams Moving & Storage to help feed the community facing food insecurities.

Ashlee Aitken, Kawartha Food Share general manager in front of roughly 50 bags of donated potatoes totalling 5,000 pounds. The P.E.I. potatoes had been an export ban on fresh produce since the end of November. Farmers there have been forced to discard millions of pounds of potatoes. Photo courtesy of Kawartha Food Share.

The new joint effort Peterborough Kawartha, Second Harvest Canada and with support from the Government of Canada got the 500 10-pound bags of potatoes to Kawartha Food share.

Second Harvest arranged for a trailer full of potatoes to be delivered to Barrie. Dan McWilliams of McWilliams Moving & Storage picked up the potatoes and brought them to back Peterborough.

It’s estimated that the potatoes purchased by the Canadian Government will help 9,000 individuals using the food banks within the community.

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