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Healthiest Babies Possible

There’s a glass donation jar at my Duncan Farmer’s Market stall, labelled with a pink heart shaped sign that says, “Healthiest Babies Possible.” Every once in a while a customer asks if I’m having another baby and I am quick to explain that Healthiest Babies Possible is an infant nutrition program that provides food and other support to local mothers. With the help of a wide network of businesses and individuals, this program helps local parents raise a healthy and happy next generation. Last year we took a leap of faith by donating ten bags of our fresh, local, organically grown vegetables and eggs to the mothers, and asked our customers to follow suit. The result was immediate and truly inspiring: the

community joyfully came together and paid for the next twenty weeks of the program. In the end, $7,000 was raised to not only help feed these families but to feed them with delicious, nutrient dense, whole food. Another benefit of the program is that it brought folks out to the market who might not otherwise have been there. And let’s face it, the market is a fun place to be! Now I have a few Cam, Ol’ MacDonald Farm, Duncan new friends, I know some new faces and as Farmer’s Market those bonds are fortified, our macdonaldcam@ community grows stronger gmail.com and more resilient. I also know several more cute babies and look forward to watching as they grow up. So, are we having another baby? Gosh no! But if I expand my idea of community enough I see that they are all our babies, and there’s something we can do to help them. I know that one day they will be helping us! This year’s program starts June 11th .Come anytime to donate at our stall or email macdonaldcam@gmail.com.