North Dakota university harvesting squash for the hungry

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) - Valley City State University students are slated to harvest squash for distribution at a food bank.

The squash harvest is slated on Thursday at a farm northwest of Valley City.

The school says about 215 students and others are slated to participate in the squash-picking at Dan Faust’s farm. Faust is a retired pastor who grows buttercup squash for the Great Plains Food Bank, which distributes food throughout the state.

School officials say the squash harvest is in its sixth year. Last year, 61,000 pounds of squash was harvested and donated to the food bank.