GIFT花园收集了65 000磅的农产品,远远超过其目标,以在四方城市与饥饿作斗争。 GIFT Gardens collected 65,000 pounds of produce, far exceeding its goal, to fight hunger in the Quad Cities.

四方城市的GIFT花园倡议通过伊利诺伊大学和爱荷华州分校、塔帕斯特里农场和本德河粮食银行2025年春季的合作,收集了近65 000磅新鲜农产品,远远超过其5 000磅的目标。 The GIFT Gardens initiative in the Quad Cities collected nearly 65,000 pounds of fresh produce—far exceeding its 5,000-pound goal—through a spring 2025 collaboration between University of Illinois and Iowa State Extension, Tapestry Farms, and River Bend Food Bank. 该方案鼓励家庭和社区园丁捐助剩余丰收,提供了18个食品储藏室和庇护所,帮助在每8名成年人中就有1人和每6名儿童中就有1人无法可靠地获得营养食品的地区消除粮食无保障问题。 The program, which encouraged home and community gardeners to donate surplus harvests, supplied 18 food pantries and shelters, helping combat food insecurity in a region where one in eight adults and one in six children lack reliable access to nutritious food. 11月庆祝的这项努力突出了由社区驱动的解决饥饿和食品废物问题的办法,计划在2026年扩大。 The effort, celebrated in November, highlighted community-driven solutions to hunger and food waste, with plans to expand in 2026.