Earlier this month, The Giant Company joined the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on its sixth annual PA Urban Ag Week tour at York Fresh Food Farm in York, PA to announce its $200,000 commitment to grow food system resiliency through the PA Farm Bill Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grant program. On hand for a check presentation and to tour the farm’s efforts to improve food access in its community were (l-r) Dave Lessard, vice president of omnichannel merchandising fresh, The Giant Company; Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro; Bruce Manns, York Fresh Food Farm manager; and Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding.
