Our Partners
From early March through mid-December 2020, families have received a variety of locally-grown and produced items as part of Manifest Love.
RTB has donated & distributed the following:
- 1,124 lbs. of Paradox Acres 100% grass-fed beef and pasture-rasied, non-GMO pork
- 25,573 lbs. of produce
- 3,148 herb bundles
- 827 lbs. of Shy Brothers cheese
- 226 dozen Flying Carrot eggs
- 30 lbs. of Dragonfire Turmeric Tincture and tea from Nilsa’s Herbal Teas & Botanicals
- 59 lbs. of Hana’s Honey
- 127 lbs. of RTB-made granola
- 59 quarts of RTB-made laundry detergent
- 1077 loaves of Renegades Rising breads
- 268 pints of RTB-made jam
- 200 lbs. of Equal Exchange fair-trade coffee and chocolate
- 75 lbs. of RTB-made peanut butter
Our partners at the YWCA meticulously translated each letter and video into Spanish and Portuguese for accessibility. NorthStar Learning Centers picked up the 125 shares every week at RTB and carefully dropped them at all of the partner sites, where each individual organization distributed the food, with love, directly to families.
Check out some of the letters from throughout the year.
Letters in English Letters in Portuguese Letters in Spanish
The Manifest Love partners collectively decided to reduce our carbon footprint by packaging the weekly food shares in something other than single-use plastic. We decided to purchase reusable, washable ChicoBags because we could collect them weekly, launder them on the farm, refill them with the shares, and send them back out to participants. This also provided an educational opportunity for the participants, with the hope that these reusable bags will turn into shopping bags and be used well into the future.
“ I am so grateful that Round the Bend Farm is providing fresh produce, meat and herbs, and cheese. It has truly expanded our food list, while introducing us to creating more healthy meals and trying items we wouldn’t think of purchasing.”