Last year, a couple employees started a vegetable garden at company headquarters. On July 26, 2019 Oregon CBD made their first produce donation to the Ella Curran and Dallas food banks. At the time the garden was well on its way to becoming overgrown with weeds. The first donation was mostly overgrown zucchini and summer squash. Over the next several months random harvests and food bank deliveries were made when it was determined that no one was going to be taking the vegetables home or there was more than anyone could possibly use. By the end of the season we had donated a total of 623 pounds, mostly to the Ella Curran food bank.
We have barely even begun. There are hundreds of broccoli plants that will be ready to harvest in the next two weeks. Row upon row of tomatoes, melons, peppers, corn, cucumbers and pumpkins will be ready to greet us before the end of summer. A perennial bed of strawberries and several rows of blueberries and raspberries have been established for the coming years. Seeds have been started for fall crops and wait in the greenhouse. Today, another 300 pounds of produce was harvested and awaits delivery to the stomachs of our team and our community.
