Green Heart Kitchen helps out local organizations

KINGSVILLE — The Green Heart Kitchen has been supplying nutritious meals to elementary school students in Windsor and Essex County since 2012.

They recently teamed up with EDF Renewables to launch an eight-week program to bring much-needed food to the Wheatley Area Food Bank.

The business is owned by Dennis Rogers, who started Green Heart Kitchen eight years ago in Leamington. After spending six years in Windsor, the Green Heart Kitchen and Green Heart Lunch Club now operate out of their Main St. West location in Kingsville.

EDF Renewables, which runs the Romney Wind Farm, recently reached out to Rogers to see if Green Heart could help them supply the Wheatley Food Bank with groceries.

They’ve partnered together to drop 8-10 food boxes at the food bank every Monday. They are currently in their second week of the program.

Green Heart started with the breakfast program at Kingsville Public School and now have 30 elementary schools across the county that take advantage of their nutritional programs.

“It’s amazing when people come together,” says Rogers.

Area farmers, greenhouses, individuals and organizations have all donated to help out with fresh produce, food and monetary help.

“It’s really cool that they’ve all helped out,” said Rogers. “We’ve had an unbelievable response from the community.”

Green Heart does over 100 food boxes per week now in the various programs they are involved in.

To help, you can go to their website at greenheartkitchen.ca and click on their donation food box or health hero meal to donate.