Charitable Produce Center

Louise Gartner founded the Charitable Produce Center in 1994 to transform the tremendous amount of waste in the fresh produce market into a source of sustenance for hungry North Texans.

In 1999, with a grant from Kraft Foods, Inc., the Food Bank extended this concept by developing the Rural Produce Initiative, which distributes fresh produce to agencies outside of Dallas County each week. In fiscal year 2008 the program delivered more than 3,739,698 pounds of produce to 7 rural North Texas counties.

For more information email our Chief Operating Officer Paul Wunderlich or call him at 214.330.1396 ext. 104.

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