Pennypack Farm Nets $15,000 Grant to 'Share the Wonder' of Vegetables

Facebook voters spoke. Birds Eye® listened.

in Horsham, a finalist in frozen vegetable king , earned $15,000 worth of votes on the social media site. Pennypack will use the funds to provide educational programming for children to teach them the importance of eating well, where food comes from and how to grow food organically and sustainably. 

“With this Birds Eye grant, we hope to nourish the minds of our local children and help educate them about vegetables and how easy and fun it is to enjoy them at every meal," Kristy Gregory, president of Pennypack Farm and Education Center said in a press release.

Pennypack - one of 100 organizations that applied for the grant - was nominated for a “Share the Wonder” grant and was chosen as a finalist because of originality, the quality of the organization’s vegetable-focused efforts, and its passion for vegetables. The farm and education center then rallied its own fans and followers to vote based on a video about its cause.