Nourishing the community

From business conferences to lavish dinners, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center caters 500 to 600 events a year, with more than enough food for attendees.

When the crowds disperse, there is often extra food available — and that’s when Healthy Food for All comes in. 

The local food recovery organization connects with convention centers, hotels, grocery stores, caterers, farms, businesses and other groups that have excess food, collects and packages it, and distributes it to people who need it... 

Developer Gary Gorman, chair of the board of directors and former CEO of Gorman & Company, lives on the 240 acre farm that has been in his family since 1852. After observing residents of his properties — kids, in particular — starting their day waiting for the bus with a bag of chips, he started thinking about how he might help the residents access healthy food.

“I started growing vegetables on my farm myself but I’m not very good at it,” Gorman said. “My wife would tease me, ‘Any moron can grow zucchini,` and that’s what I grew.”

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RSK: Good read and good for Developer Gary Gorman and the family farm.