by Elaine Losekamp | Mar 20, 2024 | Staff Introductions
Today marks fourteen years since Glean Kentucky’s founding! Over the years, Glean Kentucky has been through many changes: we grew from a volunteer-run initiative to a staffed nonprofit organization, changed our name a few times, established gleaning networks in three...
by Elaine Losekamp | Jan 25, 2024 | Gleaning
2023 was a big year for our South Central Kentucky program! Our team grew with the addition of a part-time staff member, we expanded our network of recipient agencies across county lines to include a new partner in Scottsville, and we celebrated three years of...
by Elaine Losekamp | Jan 20, 2024 | Gleaning, Plant a Row, Plant It Forward
It’s a scene most every gardener can relate to: for weeks, you eagerly anticipate the first ripe tomatoes (or zucchinis, or peppers, or melons… you get the gist) in your garden. The days grow hotter, the green tomatoes on the vine remain stubbornly green, you wait...
by Elaine Losekamp | Dec 5, 2023 | Eat Local, Gleaning
More than just dirt, Earth’s soil is essential for feeding and sustaining humanity. It’s the very basis of our food system! Natural processes like wind and precipitation erode the soil, while processes like the decomposition of organic matter and...
by Elaine Losekamp | Aug 28, 2023 | Community Event, Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Partner
It’s hard to believe it, but we launched Glean Kentucky’s second region of service in southcentral Kentucky three years ago this month! Our first glean in the region took place at Top Crops Garden in September 2020. Later in the fall, we began gleaning surplus...