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On May 17, a Ribbon Cutting was held at Seton Harvest in honor of a new greenhouse and hydroponic system which was constructed through funding from a $125,024 Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) grant from Welborn Baptist Foundation, Inc.
This grant was awarded to St. Vincent Evansville Foundation last year to support the work of the Healthy Harvest program – a collaborative initiative between Seton Harvest, St. Vincent Evansville and St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry. The program aims at providing free, fresh produce to those with limited or no access throughout Evansville and surrounding communities.
This greenhouse and hydroponics system are expected to produce six to seven thousand pounds of fresh produce each year and will allow the farm to exceed their previous year’s harvest totals by an estimated 50 percent in 2018 – the excess of which will go to those in need in our community. This is above and beyond what will be produced for the grant.
St. Vincent Evansville Foundation would like to again thank our partners who made the Healthy Harvest program and the ribbon cutting possible. We, along with our partners, are looking forward to continuing distribution throughout the summer.
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