Paxton Partners With VA Farmers Market to Benefit Area Residents

Every Sunday from May to November, the Dale City Farmers Market is donating their leftover fresh produce to the North Virginia Food Rescue to help aid in hunger relief. The only problem is - who will transport the food?

Based in Springfield, Virginia, Paxton Van Lines has been part of the Move For Hunger network since 2011 and has transported more than 150,000 lbs., equaling over 125,000 meals, to local Virginia food banks.

The Dale City Farmers Market has been serving its local community since 1987, and includes nearly 50 vendors in the summer and more than 20 in the winter! It is also one of the largest open-air markets in the region.

Starting in May, Paxton Van Lines began regular pickups of the remaining produce from the weekend Virginia Farmers Market that happens every Sunday from 8 am to 1pm. It is estimated they will pick up nearly 10,000 lbs. of food each weekend.

In Virginia, 1 in 11 people struggle with hunger. It is estimated 800,000 people in the state experience food insecurity daily.

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In 2021 alone, Move for Hunger:

• Collected and delivered: 4,674,804 pounds of food
• 3,895,670 meals were created from that food
• This removed 688 metric tons of Co2 off the roads for the year
• They also collected and distributed 703,574 lbs. of fresh food to food pantries.

For more information about Move For Hunger and how you can get involved please contact Move for Hunger's PR Reyne Hirsh at reyneh@gmail.com or 513.378.4985