The trial run of the Green Food Box program from the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Community Health Nurses saw 169 participants purchase 246 bags of produce for $10 a bag. The distribution day was held yesterday at the St. Regis Recreation pavilion, with a large crowd lined up waiting well before 2:00pm.

Organizers packed reusable bags with mushrooms, radishes, potatoes, two types of onions, cucumbers, nectarines, broccoli, lettuce, raspberries and bananas. Any leftovers from July’s distribution day were donated to Iakhisohtha.

The deadline to sign up for the next program is Friday, August 5 with the distribution day taking place on August 17 from 2:00pm until 6:00pm.