Regional food hub launching Thursday

LEAMINGTON — The Unemployed Help Centre is opening the Leamington Regional Food Hub on Thursday, August 12.

The Leamington Regional Food Hub will feature rescued produce from 86 growers and farmers, which is then washed, chopped, proportionally packaged, stored and distributed to local food banks.

The hub’s food may also reach food banks as far away as the GTA and northen Indigenous communities.

The Food Hub, located on Talbot Street West, will address both food recovery and food insecurity.

Millions of pounds of produce go to waste every year due to spoilage, yet hundreds of thousands of Ontarians don’t have access to healthy food.