Local woman donates buckets of plums to school

Barbara Wheeler had four plum trees – two golden and two red – heavily laden with ripe organically grown plums. She put a call out to a friend who passed the information along to the Farm to Cafeteria Committee, and a small band of volunteers arrived last week to swiftly relieve the trees of their succulent burden and deliver them to the public school cafeteria.

By Madie Murray • August 26, 2011 3:30 pm
Barbara Wheeler helping out with the plum picking.
Barbara Wheeler helping out with the plum picking.

Barbara Wheeler had four plum trees – two golden and two red – heavily laden with ripe organically grown plums.  She put a call out to a friend who passed the information along to the Farm to Cafeteria Committee, and a small band of volunteers arrived last week to swiftly relieve the trees of their succulent burden and deliver them to the public school cafeteria.

In a very short period of time, eight boxes of plums were filled to the brim and soon will be pitted, processed and frozen so they can be used in school lunches this coming school year.  Paula Towne will also be “borrowing” a few to use in her culinary class. A win-win all around.

A huge, huge thanks to Barbara for letting Farm to Cafeteria benefit from her delicious bounty of plums, and another huge thank you to Rick Markov, Addy Newcombe, Chelsea Cates, Evan Allred, April Pollock and Paula Towne for showing up on short notice to pluck and pack.  Their generosity of time was rewarded with a nice bag of some of the best plums you’ll find anywhere.

Madie Murray is chair of the Farm to Cafeteria committee.