by GleanKY | Dec 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
By now, you’ve seen the statistics. 2016 has been a year full of red letter days for us: January 27th – We began our 7-days a week gleaning partnership with Lucky’s Market. March 7th – We hired our first Development Director to ensure our mission would continue for...
by GleanKY | Dec 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dana and Trudie Reed have made a difference in the lives of thousands. By opening up their orchard to our gleaners each year, they empower us to provide fresh apples, pears, squash, and pumpkins to 35 feeding programs across Central Kentucky. These 35 agencies work...
by GleanKY | Dec 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Before Lucky’s Market opened its doors to the Lexington public, GleanKY was working to build a relationship with this growing network of groceries out of Boulder, CO. Marketing themselves as “organic for the 99%” Lucky’s Market is committed to...
by GleanKY | Dec 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
On June 17th, 2010, friends gathered at the Lexington Farmers Market to glean for the very first time. That day, a partnership was formed that would forever change the work of those farming and feeding in Central Kentucky. Over the course of that first summer,...
by GleanKY | Sep 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
GleanKY has seen many milestones in my 2 year tenure as Executive Director: hiring our first full time employee, hiring our second and third, moving into our first office space, outgrowing our first office space, holding our first volunteer orientation, forming our...