2022 NACo Application-Feeding Denton County

About the Program

Category: Human Services (Best in Category)

Year: 2022

Denton County Commissioners Court created an innovative food box program to address a need identified through communications with area governmental entities and non-profit organizations. Feeding Denton County became a way to provide nutritional food to families while utilizing produce from local growers in 25-lb. boxes delivered weekly to food pantries throughout Denton County. The purpose was to supplement an existing deficit at area food banks of fresh fruits and vegetables at a time when demand at area food pantries had exceeded 300 percent. The Feeding Denton County program, with the assistance of a local farm, has produced more than 178,500 boxes from Aug. 21, 2020 through March 19, 2022. The program is ongoing to continue addressing the deficit of fresh produce available in the local food bank system.