Could you pick up 120,000 pounds? In just four short hours on one bright, windy Saturday morning, in much less time than anticipated, 250 volunteers, including 30 Hopkins students and staff members, did just that, one turnip at a time, to provide fresh, nutritious food to economically disadvantaged individuals and families, as part of last month's National Make a Difference Day.

The 100-acre, not-for-profit organic farm, Garden Harvest, provides 100 percent of its produce to emergency food programs, soup kitchens and shelters. According to Jim Dasher, Garden Harvest began as a small plot on his otherwise for-profit farm and gradually grew to take over his entire operation. Each day, different food agencies send trucks to collect the produce, all picked by volunteers. This day's harvest was collected by Feed the Children, A Can Can Make a Difference, Operation Blessing and Amazing Grace.

The Hopkins volunteer effort was coordinated by the Office of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs. Here, students and Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity members Inga Gurevich, a neuroscience major; Judy Wang, biomedical engineering; Leon Chao, international studies; and Ismet Inonu (front), computer science, display the fruits of their labor.