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Church farm donating millions of potatoes to food banks needs volunteers for upcoming harvest
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IDAHO FALLS – Amid rising food prices and shortages nationwide, a local farm is preparing to harvest several thousand acres of food later this month, which will benefit people throughout the region.
Idaho Falls Crops, more commonly known as Taylorview Farms, is a 4,000-acre farm at 10591 South 15th East in Idaho Falls owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With the help of three full-time employees and hundreds of volunteers, it produces millions of pounds of potatoes every year for people with food insecurities.
“About 50% of the potatoes that we box end up in the Bishop’s storehouse in Salt Lake City and it gets distributed through the United States,” Farm manager David Nielson tells EastIdahoNews.com. “We also have a great relationship with Feeding America (a national network of more than 200 foodbanks). We send another 50% through their northwest division.”
It produces a sizeable amount of wheat annually as well — about 285,000 bushels. Other products it provides are alfalfa, mustard and canola, which is a yellow flower cultivated for its seed that’s used to make canola oil.
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