The Inland Empire Gardeners

Plant a Row for the Hungry is a national program sponsored by the Gardener Writers of America.  It promotes the growing of home vegetables and the giving of extra produce to local food banks.  The Inland Empire Gardeners sponsors PAR locally for the Inland Northwest area.  If you are growing more fresh vegetables, fruit, or herbs than your family can use, please consider making a donation to any of the following local outlets that help feed the hungry.  You donation would be greatly appreciated and needed. PLANT A ROW (PAR) - DELIVERING THE HARVEST

No matter how little space you have to plant an additional row of vegetables for giving, you can make a great contribution!  If you regularly plant too much, the excess will mean a great deal to PAR.  Even if your garden consists only of ornamentals, or a planter on a balcony, add a few herbs.  Herbs are welcome because they add nutrients as well as flavor to food.  The produce PAR needs most is fresh, clean fruits and vegetables.

You Can Make a Difference

It doesn’t take much to make a real contribution!  The average harvest from a typical packet of seeds of a light vegetable, such as snap beans, weighs about 20 pounds.  Dense vegetables, such as carrots, produce about 100 pounds.  The average large, solid tomato weighs a pound or so. Two or three medium apples and citrus weigh a pound.  If you have space, plant a row of:

Tomatoes, Sweet potatoes, Garlic, Summer squash, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Winter squash, Beets, Potatoes, Carrots, Sweet peppers, Onions, Green beans, Peas, Asparagus, Eggplant, Cabbage, Greens, Lettuce, Zucchini, Kale, Okra.

Join the Plant a Row Campaign

PAR is rooted in the gardeners’ tradition of sharing bountiful harvests with others.  The plan is simple–we ask you to plant an additional row in your garden and deliver the harvest to a drop-off point near you.  

Produce Donation Locations and TimesGet a Donation Receipt — Take a $1.50 per pound federal tax deduction to any of the following participating organizations

Airway Heights Food Bank

1309 S. Lawson St

Airway Heights, WA  99001

244-1551

Donation Acceptance Times - Thursdays 10am-1:30pm

American  Indian  Center  

905 E. Third

Spokane, 99202

535-0886

Donation Acceptance Times - Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm

Better  Living  Center  

1 SF N. Foothills Dr

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Spokane, 99207

325-1258

Donation Acceptance Times - Tue & Wed, 8am-3pm, Sun 11am-2pm

Cheney Food Bank

630 Third St

Cheney, 99004

235-2325

Donation Acceptance Times - 1^st 4 Tuesdays of month 8:45am-1pm

City Gate Food Bank

170 S. Madison

Spokane, 99202

455-9670

Donation Acceptance Times - Tue - Fri  10am-noon, 1-3pm

East SNAP Food Bank

500 S. Stone

Spokane, 99202

456-7106

Donation Acceptance Times - Mon-Wed, & Fri 8:30am-5pm, Thurs 1-5pm

Greenhouse Food Bank

222 E. Crawford

Deer Park, WA 

99006 

276-8224

Donation Acceptance Times - Mon - Fri 9am-4pm

Mead Food Bank

12611 N. Wilson

Mead, 99021

466-7068

Donation Acceptance Times - Wednesdays 4-6:45pm

Medical Lake Food Bank

211 N. LeFevre

Medical Lake, WA  99022

299-4940

Donation Acceptance Times - Fridays 10am-noon

North Country Food Bank

37417 N Conklin RdElk, WA    99009

292-2530

Donation Acceptance Times - Mon & Wed 9am-noon

Northeast Pantry

4001 N. Cook

Spokane, 99207

487-1114

Donation Acceptance Times - Weekday afternoons except Tuesdays

NW Ecumenical Food Bank

3908 N. Driscoll Blvd

Spokane, WA 

99205 

325-4541

2^nd & 4^th Mondays only 9am-12:30pm

Our Place

1509 W. College

Spokane, 99201

325-7267

Donation Acceptance Times - Mon, Tue, Thur, last Sat 10am-1pm 

Salvation Army

2020 N. Division

Spokane, 99207

325-6821

Donation Acceptance Times - Call first - 325-6812

St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank

722 N. Regal

Spokane, 99202

534-2824

Mon - Fri - 9am-noon, 1-3:30pm 

Southside Food Pantry

2934 E. 27^th Ave

Spokane, 99223

535-2301

Fri 1-4pm, Sat 10-10:30am

Valley Food Bank

10814 E. Broadway

Spk Vly, 99206

928-7769

Donation Acceptance Times - Mon - Thur 9am-4:30pm