Farmlink Mexico

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Pictured above are some beautiful bright green limes from Farmlink Mexico’s very first delivery!

Farmlink Mexico partnered with Grupo Paisano, and the farmers this business supports, to deliver over 30,000 pounds of limes to Banco de Alimentos (BAMX) Veracruz this past December. The food bank then distributed these limes to people in Boca de Uxpanapa, Mexico. Following this delivery, there were several other deliveries of limes and papayas, facilitated by Farmlink Mexico, from Grupo Paisano to BAMX over the course of December and January. Overall, Farmlink Mexico has helped deliver almost 256,000 pounds of fresh fruit to Mexicans in need since its inception!

Who has made all this happen? The Farmlink Mexico team consists of less than ten members, including Andrew Hojel and a couple of other internal members of The Farmlink Project, as well as a few who operate from Mexico, according to Andrew. He further explained the team’s collaborative partnership with Grupo Paisano and Banco de Alimentos:

“We work really closely with Grupo Paisano—so they notify us of surplus and then we negotiate a good price. We then book a trucking company to move that to the nearest BAMX foodbank! Then we keep in touch with the food bank over WhatsApp for updates...They tend to send pictures and explain where they sent the food to in terms of communities.”


The Farmlink Project is thrilled to have a team making an impact in the food rescue space internationally and helping to feed food-insecure families in Mexico. We are grateful to the Farmlink Mexico team, as well as Grupo Paisano and Bancos de Alimentos de México, for making this possible. Don’t forget to check out our Farmlink Mexico webpage!


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Pictured above are some beautiful bright green limes from Farmlink Mexico’s very first delivery!

Farmlink Mexico partnered with Grupo Paisano, and the farmers this business supports, to deliver over 30,000 pounds of limes to Banco de Alimentos (BAMX) Veracruz this past December. The food bank then distributed these limes to people in Boca de Uxpanapa, Mexico. Following this delivery, there were several other deliveries of limes and papayas, facilitated by Farmlink Mexico, from Grupo Paisano to BAMX over the course of December and January. Overall, Farmlink Mexico has helped deliver almost 256,000 pounds of fresh fruit to Mexicans in need since its inception!

Who has made all this happen? The Farmlink Mexico team consists of less than ten members, including Andrew Hojel and a couple of other internal members of The Farmlink Project, as well as a few who operate from Mexico, according to Andrew. He further explained the team’s collaborative partnership with Grupo Paisano and Banco de Alimentos:

“We work really closely with Grupo Paisano—so they notify us of surplus and then we negotiate a good price. We then book a trucking company to move that to the nearest BAMX foodbank! Then we keep in touch with the food bank over WhatsApp for updates...They tend to send pictures and explain where they sent the food to in terms of communities.”


The Farmlink Project is thrilled to have a team making an impact in the food rescue space internationally and helping to feed food-insecure families in Mexico. We are grateful to the Farmlink Mexico team, as well as Grupo Paisano and Bancos de Alimentos de México, for making this possible. Don’t forget to check out our Farmlink Mexico webpage!


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Olivia has been a member of The Farmlink Project Impact Team since June 2020. In addition to writing articles for the weekly newsletter and website, she calculates Farmlink's environmental impact. She also applies her experience with researching, interviewing, and writing about partner farms and food banks to her role as co-lead of the Nutrition Resources growth project. This project is focused on researching and compiling nutrition resources in order to design a webpage for our partner food access organizations and their clients. Olivia is from Fairfield, CT. She is a Mathematics major and Visual Arts minor ('22) at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME. Olivia is passionate about using data as a tool to advocate for social and environmental change. The best food discovery Olivia ever had was chocolate melted in oatmeal. She consistently eats this for breakfast at least twice a week. She is also an avid matcha tea drinker.


Farmlink Mexico

Pictured above are some beautiful bright green limes from Farmlink Mexico’s very first delivery!

Farmlink Mexico partnered with Grupo Paisano, and the farmers this business supports, to deliver over 30,000 pounds of limes to Banco de Alimentos (BAMX) Veracruz this past December. The food bank then distributed these limes to people in Boca de Uxpanapa, Mexico. Following this delivery, there were several other deliveries of limes and papayas, facilitated by Farmlink Mexico, from Grupo Paisano to BAMX over the course of December and January. Overall, Farmlink Mexico has helped deliver almost 256,000 pounds of fresh fruit to Mexicans in need since its inception!

Who has made all this happen? The Farmlink Mexico team consists of less than ten members, including Andrew Hojel and a couple of other internal members of The Farmlink Project, as well as a few who operate from Mexico, according to Andrew. He further explained the team’s collaborative partnership with Grupo Paisano and Banco de Alimentos:

“We work really closely with Grupo Paisano—so they notify us of surplus and then we negotiate a good price. We then book a trucking company to move that to the nearest BAMX foodbank! Then we keep in touch with the food bank over WhatsApp for updates...They tend to send pictures and explain where they sent the food to in terms of communities.”


The Farmlink Project is thrilled to have a team making an impact in the food rescue space internationally and helping to feed food-insecure families in Mexico. We are grateful to the Farmlink Mexico team, as well as Grupo Paisano and Bancos de Alimentos de México, for making this possible. Don’t forget to check out our Farmlink Mexico webpage!


Olivia has been a member of The Farmlink Project Impact Team since June 2020. In addition to writing articles for the weekly newsletter and website, she calculates Farmlink's environmental impact. She also applies her experience with researching, interviewing, and writing about partner farms and food banks to her role as co-lead of the Nutrition Resources growth project. This project is focused on researching and compiling nutrition resources in order to design a webpage for our partner food access organizations and their clients. Olivia is from Fairfield, CT. She is a Mathematics major and Visual Arts minor ('22) at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME. Olivia is passionate about using data as a tool to advocate for social and environmental change. The best food discovery Olivia ever had was chocolate melted in oatmeal. She consistently eats this for breakfast at least twice a week. She is also an avid matcha tea drinker.