Source: Rose Eiklor Boone, SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS, 6/10/21

Places like the Hunger and Health Coalition in Boone feed around 5,000 people on a regular basis. The nonprofit is trying to change the stereotype that food banks only have unhealthy food with a new program called "Plant a Row for the Hungry."  Ben Loomis has a green thumb. He fell in love with plants at a young age watching his mom. "My mother was a big gardener," Loomis said.

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