Kroger gave Community Harvest $75,000 to buy fresh produce from local farmers
The Fort Wayne food bank will use the gift for its Farm to Food Bank program, buying produce from Northeast Indiana farmers for its pantries.
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Community Harvest Food Bank in Fort Wayne said Friday that Kroger gave it $75,000. 21Alive reported on October 9, 2026, that the money is reserved for Farm to Food Bank, the program that lets the bank buy fresh produce from farmers across Northeast Indiana. That food goes to Community Cupboard, the Farm Wagon mobile pantries, Hope for Heroes, and other programs the bank runs.
The station's account is short. It does not say how many pounds the gift will purchase or which farms will sell first. What it does establish is that the check is for local produce, not for general overhead, and that the bank already uses farm food in the pantries neighbors walk into.
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