Our Mission
To fight hunger by harvesting fresh fruits and vegetables from farms and orchards through a partnership of farms, donors, volunteers and food providers.
What We Do
The Gleaning Network links farmers who have crops that are edible but not marketable with those who distribute food to the needy through the work of volunteer gleaners. Our staff organized teams of people to go to local farms to harvest fresh nutritious fruits and vegetables to be given to low income individuals, families, as well as agencies or communities that serve the hungry.
When a farmer in our network calls with available produce to glean, our staff contacts one or more of our gleaning groups and they go to the fields for a gleaning event. These volunteers come from all walks of life and all are welcome to participate. They include church groups, service clubs, schools, college organizations, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H Clubs, senior citizens, inner city public housing community residents, and interested individuals. In the fields gleaners harvest the produce that 3would otherwise be plowed under or left to rot. They fill the bags and other containers that the Gleaning Network provides. The gleaned produce is transported to agencies or neighborhoods to feed the hungry in low-income households.
Recent News
29 APR 09Kabot says government not responsible
Town government should only have minimal involvement in any efforts to feed the hungry.
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24 APR 09Living off Leftovers
A book review of "Going Green," by Laura Pritchett.
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19 APR 09Lessons from the Great Depression
Petric remembers gleaning potatoes. She was a teenager when the depression hit.
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7 APR 09GFTW merges with Thomas Road Baptist Church
Lynchburg based charity organization says the move will help it get more life-saving supplies to the needy during the economic downturn.
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