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horaCio hernandeZ '19
Fellow, Office of Population Health at Rutgers University
Former Bonner volunteer in TCNJ's Campus Garden
THE SEED: In 2010, Bonners started
a campus garden to grow produce to
distribute to local food banks.
WHAT THEY GROW: Fruits, veggies,
and herbs. And citizens with deep
affinity for sustainability and food
security. "I owe who I am now to this
program," says Hernandez.
THE HARVEST:
An average of 350 pounds of produce
per year
WHO GETS THE BOUNTY: Trenton
Area Soup Kitchen and Mercer Street
Friends food bank
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bonner's iMPaCT
More than
3,500 PoUnds
of ProdUCe donaTed
to local food banks since 2010
