New Bern Garden Archives - Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina

The Food Bank at New Bern Marks Five Years of Service

FBCENC2015-07-31T11:35:05-04:00

Just five years ago, unemployment rates and the price of food and gas skyrocketed as people across the country tried to get back on their feet after the recession. Thousands of families in North Carolina were forced to choose between filling up their gas tank so they could drive to work or buying groceries to feed [...]

Growing Hope

2015-03-27T12:06:13-04:00

Down a quiet street just outside of historic downtown New Bern, volunteers patrol tidy rows of collard greens, potatoes, broccoli, and beans. Every Tuesday for the past four years, a group of six Master Gardeners have volunteered their time and skills to cultivate our New Bern Branch’s blooming garden. For them, Tuesdays are “plantin’ days, [...]