Basin's Backyard Garden project started off as a garden at Basin Electric's Headquarters. It was tended by a group of employee volunteers who worked on their breaks, lunch hours, and after work. The project has evolved and today Basin's Backyard Garden is "homegrown," meaning employees now bring produce from their own gardens at home to be donated to those in need.
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Since 2014, Basin’s Backyard Garden has donated 5,256 lbs. of fresh, mostly local food to local food pantries through the Hunger Free North Dakota...
Angela Magstadt hauled 28.7 pounds of zucchini, apples, an onion, tomatoes, butternut squash, and buttercup squash.
We had one employee make his first donation to Basin’s Backyard Garden this week: banana and chili peppers.
Amanda Dvorak says Heaven's Helpers was making chili when she dropped off the Basin's Backyard Garden donation of fresh, local food.
Today's veggie taxi driver had a couple helpers, including a new team member at Basin Electric.
The donation was split between two organizations: Salvation Army and Welcome House.
Basin's Backyard Garden volunteers brought in 49 pounds of fruits and vegetables this week.
Labor Day didn't stop employees from harvesting vegetables to donate to local food pantries.
Basin Electric employees donated their homegrown vegetables twice over the past week.
Dvorak says the Salvation Army was very thankful for the donation and was told people love all of the fresh produce and nothing goes to waste.
Stan Misek took a special trip to Heaven's Helpers Soup Cafe.
This week's harvest doubles homegrown donations received so far in 2022.
Della Mastel, who recently retired as a senior accounting analyst, stepped up and said she would like to keep helping out.
Aug. 2 marked the first day in 2022 that the Basin's Backyard Garden donation was totally homegrown.
Gardeners donated 7.4 pounds of rhubarb, cucumbers, and peas.
This week, a bag of garden lettuce was donated by an employee, and the rest of the local veggie haul was purchased from local farmers.
Basin's Backyard Garden is going #HomeGrown again in 2022.
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