According to the Minot Daily News, two Minot girl scouts working on the highest girl scouts award they can earn have started a program that could add significantly to local food pantries.

The program, called Plant A Row, encourages local gardeners to donate fresh produce to the food pantries.  From the article:

Emily Feldmann and Anne Keller are kicking off a campaign called “Plant a Row in Minot,” asking gardeners to plant extra produce for donation to area food pantries and soup kitchens.

The program, called “Plant a Row,” actually exists on a nationwide scale, according to Keller. But every model the girls looked at was designed for big cities.

Thus, they are creating a prototype for a community the size of Minot.

“We found the project online on the Garden Writers Association of America Web site,” Keller said. “We took it from a big city plan and will make it work in Minot. This is designed for major metropolitan areas in the brochures, so Minot is going to be a leader in this.”

Besides providing more donations to the food pantry, the fresh produce will allow people who use the food pantries to eat fresh produce and have healthier meals.  It’s an unselfish wellness project that the entire community can contribute to.

That’s a North Dakota kind of project.