by Ben Southworth | Aug 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s the busiest time of the year for us at GleanKY! We’re out dozens of times each week, working to ensure we can rescue as much excess produce as possible, while finding organizations and people who need it the most (see this awesome post about a recent...
by Ben Southworth | Jun 12, 2018 | Community Event, Eat Local, Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Hunger, Neighborhood Ambassador, Partner, Recipient Hightlight, Volunteer
The vendors at the Lexington Farmers’ Market are some of GleanKY’s longest-standing supporters – back in the summer of 2010, GleanKY volunteers approached farmers at the market to ask what they did with all that produce they had left over at the end...
by Ben Southworth | May 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Vital to the success of our farm gleaning during the summer and fall is having a great group of excited gleaners as part of our Rapid Response Teams. These folks opt-in for texts from us when we’re contacted by a grower with excess produce, and we usually have...
by Ben Southworth | Apr 10, 2018 | Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Hunger, Uncategorized, Volunteer
This winter has to come to a close at some point, right?! We’re hoping it ends sometime soon, because we’re looking forward to ramping up towards gleaning farms, orchards, and farmers’ markets. Gleaning at farmers’ markets can be a...
by Ben Southworth | Feb 20, 2018 | Board of Directors, Gleaning, In the News, Volunteer
In 2017, we focused on intentional growth. We shared the gleaning model with communities in 15 different counties. We established regularly scheduled gleaning trips in 3 additional counties to increase the predictability of our services. We sought out recipients in...
