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Fresh Food Fridays help college students get nutritious ingredients

Posted at 12:17 AM, Oct 19, 2019
and last updated 2019-10-19 01:17:33-04

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Izzy's food pantry at Texas A&M Corpus Christi is serving up fresh produce for students.

It's all part of its monthly "Fresh Food Fridays" event.

Students can take home fresh produce and bread at no cost to them.

It's the university's way to combat food insecurity among college students, all thanks to The Coastal Bend Food Pantry".

In the first 10 minutes, close to 130 students filed into the university center to collect their bags of food.

The university expected a turnout of over 400 throughout the day.

Fresh Food Fridays will continue each month into next spring.