Security Health Plan's Employee-Driven Corporate Giving Grant Program Donates to Central Rivers Farmshed
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 -- 9:43 AM
-Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., will invest $1,000 in Central Rivers Farmshed as part of its Employee-Driven Corporate Giving grant program.Each month Security Health Plan awards a $1,000 grant to a different charity or organization that is nominated by a Marshfield Clinic Health System employee. Employees are encouraged to nominate organizations making a positive difference in the community. Central Rivers Farmshed is a non-profit that works to grow the local food economy in 12 Central Wisconsin counties. It started in 2007 and officially became a non-profit organization in 2009. Central Rivers Farmshed Executive Director Layne Cozzolino said to put it simply, Farmshed works to promote farms that grow and sell food within Central Wisconsin through farmers markets, community supported agriculture and directly to local restaurants and small grocery stores.
Farmshed organizes a variety of activities to help support the local food economy. One main feature is the Central Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas. This is an annual publication that showcases local farms and food in Central Wisconsin. This free year-round guide to local food can be viewed online at www.farmshed.org/farm-fresh-atlas/ or picked up at a variety of locations throughout Central Wisconsin. To learn more about Farmshed and the many events and programs they host visit www.farmshed.org, find them on Facebook or follow them on Instagram. To get involved and volunteer, visit their website.
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