Food program brings in 64,063 pounds of fruits, veggies

GIFT Gardens celebrates its first year

By: Dave Thompson|November 24, 2025

|5 min read

Volunteers hold cards displaying that 64,063 pounds of fruits and vegetables were collected through the first year of the GIFT (Growing Illowa Food Together) Gardens program. The totals were announced at a news conference Monday morning, Nov. 24, at Tapestry Farms’s 121 W. 12th St., Davenport, office. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

Every head of lettuce helps. So does every tomato, potato, green pepper, onion and watermelon.

That was the message delivered by the organizers behind a new program that is gathering a lot of fruits and vegetables for people in need across the region.

That initiative – called GIFT (Growing Illowa Food Together) Gardens – was launched this…

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