Author: VCR Staff

Pictured: Food Forward provides fresh produce for FREE to those experiencing food insecurity. https://foodforward.org/about/produce-pick-ups/ by David Goldstein The first Thanksgiving celebration in America, held by the pilgrims in 1621, came amidst a backdrop of suffering and deprivation. The pilgrims, who had arrived close to winter, struggled in a hostile wilderness, and nearly half died in the first year. The Wampanoag tribe credited with helping the pilgrims learn to track deer, navigate the forest and develop a food supply, had been decimated by disease. For both, Thanksgiving represented recovery in a world still dangerous to them. Now, as a pandemic...