Our local food banks are more stressed than ever and anticipate even greater need in the coming months. You can make a difference at Peaceful Morning Farm, where an all-volunteer staff grows food exclusively for local food banks.

Veg Club in May will show you how to get weeks’ more food from your garden with three succession planting strategies.

Our food banks face a perfect storm in which loss of individual food assistance programs will drive more people to food banks, while cuts to federal inputs will drastically lower the banks’ ability to feed people. But there is something you can do to help.

The dynamic duo of Carol Appenzeller and John Fossett get energized by food—not necessarily in the eating of it, although that’s probably true as well. But they get energized by thinking about, talking about, and teaching how to make it grow.

The task for February is similar to that of January. Store enough food for all people in your household (including pets) for four weeks or more.

The super-popular Veg Club is now part of Bainbridge Prepares, managed by the Food Resilience Team. The first session of 2025 happens Tuesday, February 4.