Greensburg, In. — Organizers from the Greensburg Community Bread of Life have introduced John and Adel Corya as the land donors for the Farmers Feeding the Flock project for 2019. The 28-acre field is near Lowe’s Pellet and Grain and will be planted in corn.
Farmers Feeding the Flock has three objectives:
- Utilize a resource to help grow funds for the Bread of Life
- Help educate our community about crop farming
- Promote Agriculture in Decatur County
Farmers Feeding the Flock is a way to educate the public about the economics and risks involved in agriculture. All the proceeds will benefit the Greensburg Bread of Life soup kitchen.
Last year’s cost for an acre of soybeans not including cost of land, labor, and interest was $315 per acre. This year, with corn, cost of inputs including seed, fertilizer, herbicide, nitrogen, fungicide, insurance, and field operations cost come to about $365 per acre. Yet the profit potential per acre for corn can be better than soybeans. Soybeans in a good year average about 6 bushel per acre yield, where corn can average 200 bushel per acre. Of course, corn will sell for less per bushel, but there will be more bushels to sell.
The Evans family donated land for the project last year.
The Greensburg Community Bread of Life soup kitchen was founded in 2002 when Melissa Foist’s eyes were opened to those who struggle with food insecurity. One gentleman even shared he ate from the dumpster. She decided to do something about it. The Bread of Life served its first meal in August 2002 serving 13 meals. Today, the Bread of Life helps people in need by serving over 600 meals per week on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The Bread of Life is a faith-based ministry using Matthew 25:35 in the Bible to guide its work. The verse reads “For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in.”
The Bread of Life’s mission statement is “Faithfully working together to provide a free meal to those in need with God’s loving care.”
In 2018, the Bread of Life served 33.404 meals to 1,594 patrons. They rescued 181,876 pounds of food and had 397 different volunteers help. It takes about 300 volunteer hours per week to successfully complete the tasks of food rescue, food preparation, dinner servers, meal deliveries and clean-up among other important jobs. The Bread of Life remains very dedicated to helping people in need.
For additional information or if you would like to volunteer: call the Bread of Life 812-663-1055/812-662-4887, click here or email [email protected].
