TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Leon County families will be able to pick up free fresh produce and groceries Wednesday, Sept. 2, as the Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Farm Share continue their partnership to support residents facing food insecurity and rising costs.<\/p>\n
The distribution is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. at the Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office, 2825 Major James Morgan Way in Tallahassee. It will continue until approximately 10:30 to 11 a.m., or until supplies are exhausted.<\/p>\n
The event comes as families adjust to the new school year and added expenses. Under Sheriff Walt McNeil\u2019s leadership, the Sheriff\u2019s Office has continued working with Farm Share to provide food and other essential resources directly to families in Leon County.<\/p>\n
\u201cProtecting and serving means being there for people in the moments when they need us most,\u201d McNeil said. \u201cSometimes that means answering a call for help. Other times, it means making sure a family has food on the table. When we have an opportunity to help, we should.\u201d<\/p>\n
Farm Share is Florida\u2019s largest independent food bank. The organization and the Sheriff\u2019s Office have an ongoing partnership aimed at bringing fresh food and essential resources to communities where families are facing food insecurity and the increasing cost of everyday necessities.<\/p>\n
At the last Farm Share distribution in June, approximately 300 families received food. Organizers said Wednesday\u2019s event will again give families an opportunity to receive fresh produce and groceries at no cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Leon County families will be able to pick up free fresh produce and groceries Wednesday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-387599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}