CHICAGO - Harvest time is right around the corner. While many farmers sell their products at stores or farmers markets, there's one Chicago -area farm that isn’t doing either.
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The eggs from the chickens and the beef from the cows both come from the same farm in far south suburban Manhattan. And they both go to only one set of customers—for free.
"Farm2Veteran is a non-profit that we started in 2020. And our mission is simple: deliver farm-fresh food to veterans in need," said Michelle Keller, senior director for Farm2Veterans.
She and her farm manager are getting ready to make one of their deliveries. They are loading up 60 cartons of farm-fresh eggs and pounds and pounds of fresh produce, all to take to a local veterans' home in Joliet .
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