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Gleaning For The Hungry
As I wrote about last month, as gardeners are preparing for their spring gardens, they might want to
think about planting an extra row of produce to help those in need.
But for those people who do not garden or do not live in a...
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Gleaning For The Hungry
As I wrote about last month, as gardeners are preparing for their spring gardens, they might want to
think about planting an extra row of produce to help those in need.
But for those people who do not garden or do not live in a climate that allows year-round gardening,
there are alternative ways to help bring fresh produce to the hungry.
And, the need has never been
higher, with a recent story in the New York Times indicating that, “nearly one in five Americans said
they lacked the money to buy the food they needed at some point in the last year.
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One way to help is to volunteer with organizations that donate fresh produce by gleaning excess or
unwanted produce.
Traditionally, gleaning is collecting “leftover” crops from farmers’ fields after
they have already been harvested.
After harvest, there is an abundance of high quality, marketable
produce left in the fields that cannot be harvested economically or does not meet commercial
standards.
As the need
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