Times are tough and frustrating for many of us right now, but this has also been a time for young people to step up and do good for their communities. The FarmLink Project was started by a group of college students looking for a way to solve food shortage problems, by connecting farmers with surplus to food banks across America.
The team is made up of students from Brown University, Stanford University, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Dartmouth College, The Harvard School of Business, and The University of Southern California.
Every day they are calling farmers, truckers, and food banks to coordinate donations and ensure the delivery of food to places that desperately need it. We spoke to Chad Kanoff, a Princeton graduate and football player, who has been handling the logistics of Farm Link.
He admits it has been a bumpy process, as many of the people involved are doing this kind of thing for the first time. But the passion and the care is what makes Farm Link work, and so far they have delivered 78,000 eggs, 50,000 pounds of onions, and 40,000 pounds of potatoes.
Learn more about FarmLink from Chad Kanoff below!