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Food Bank: Meet White House
By: Examiner Staff
07/01/09 1:41 PM PDT
The San Francisco Food Bank saw one of its own honored at the White House Tuesday.
Gary Maxworthy, who has worked with the food bank for 15 years, was honored by President Obama for developing the Farm to Family program.
The D.C. event marked the launch of a $50 million fund for social innovation projects communities across the country.
The Farm to Family program finds and gives unmarketable fruits and vegetables to food banks across the state.
In developing the program Maxworthy drew on 30 years of experience in the food brokerage industry to connect California food growers and packers directly to food banks to ensure the produce goes to feed the hungry.
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