Expanding Foodshare's produce facility

The Connecticut Marketing Authority recently allowed Foodshare to expand and double the size of our produce receiving and sorting facility at the Connecticut Regional Market. 

The expansion will give us signficantly more cooler space and will allow us to run different coolers at different temperatures.  This is important because each product has an ideal storage temperature and holding it at the right temperature will extend the usable life of the produce.

An early step to the renovations needed was to create an opening in the wall between our current space and the new space next door.  Here's that doorway, now fully functional.

We hope to have the larger space open soon and this will allow Foodshare to distribute even more fresh produce to people in need in our communities!