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How Do I Cook That?

Please feel free to send us your recipes on using fresh produce. H&EG gardens harvest the following produce: collards, swiss chard, spinach, tomatoes, various different peppers, summer squash, zucchini, cucumbers, beans, peas, onions, herbs basil, parsley or cilantro, carrot, eggplant, and beets.

Cucumbers, eggplant and squash, oh my!

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Donation Updates

Heaven and Earth Growers have donated a total of 8,563 pounds of fresh, organic vegetables to local food pantries since we started growing in 2007. Every year we seem to be donating around 300-1,000 pounds (plus or minus depending on the weather, etc). Let's visualize just 500 pounds and stack about 100 five pound sacks of flour (or sugar) side by side. How many aisles in the grocery store would that take up? Growing is good, growing organically is better. We Grow to Give.
H&EG in the News
- DuPage Sierran, Sierra Club Illinois newsletter 0
- Elmhurst Cool Cities Coalition Doing the cool thing 0
- Elmhurst Presbyterian Church The first Heaven and Earth Growers Children’s Garden 0
- Student video on ending hunger and interview with Carol Rounds at the Garden on Church Street A cool student video on utube by Elliott DeGrace 0

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Donation Locations in DuPage County

Here are some of the food pantries where we take our produce, including location and times they are open. H&EG volunteers clean, weigh and wrap all produce donated and we keep a log so we know how we’re doing from month to month, year to year. If you have an organic garden with too many tomatoes or zucchini, we will accept and deliver your produce. Please see the “contact us” section of this website. Generally, we try to pick and deliver on the same day so the recipients are getting very fresh produce. WE GROW TO GIVE.

Elmhurst Yorkfield Food Pantry, 1099 S. York Road, Elmhurst. (new building in back) Deliver Monday before 7 pm; Thurs before 1 pm and 6 pm; Sat before 9 am. Their new building has refrigeration!

Immaculate Conception Church Food Pantry, 132 Arthur Street, Elmhurst. Mon-Fri 10-12am; Refrigeration.

Peoples Resource Center, two locations: has refrigeration
649 Blackhawk Dr, Westmont, IL
Pantry hours: Wed 8:30-11:15am, Thurs 5:30-7:30pm, Sat 8:30-11:15am; or
201 S. Naperville Rd., Wheaton. Mon,Tues, Thurs 8:30am – 11:15am; 1pm- 2:45pm
Wed 6pm – 8pm
Sat 9:00am – 11:45am additional info on their website: www.peoplesrc.org/foodpantry

Bensenville-Wood Dale Food Pantry, 192 S. Center Street, Bensenville; Wed & Sat 8:30-11 am

York Township Pantry, 1502 S. Meyers Rd, Lombard; drop off before lunch; no refrigeration.

Contact us for other locations or if you want to get on our list. You can also check on line for other local pantries: Food Pantry Map for DuPage County, IL

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Donation Locations in DuPage County

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