by Jerilyn Bristow | Jan 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Retail grocery gleaning has begun! Glean Kentucky has partnered with Feeding American, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH) to bring retail produce gleaning to Warren County. FAKH knows how to move food to where it needs to be. They have an amazing warehouse in Elizabethtown...
by Jerilyn Bristow | Dec 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Retail grocery gleaning will officially begin in the South-Central region in January! When I first joined the Glean Kentucky team, I was thrilled that three things I cared deeply about were found in one job: food equity, reducing landfills, and fruits/vegetables. I’ve...
by Jerilyn Bristow | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
When the weather alert on my phone went off a little before 1am, I jumped out of bed. I expected this, so I grabbed the flashlight I left by my bed. First, I tried the television but we had no cable. Next, I tried my phone but didn’t find live information that was...
by Jerilyn Bristow | Nov 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Retail Grocery Gleaning Retail grocery gleaning will drastically change the face of Glean Kentucky in the South-Central region. I love working with the local farmers and dropping off produce that I know was in the ground just days before. But, now that we’re heading...
by Jerilyn Bristow | Oct 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
I believe in children seeing communities and circumstances different from their own, especially if their own circumstances are relatively easy. I seem to have been born with inherent empathy and it’s taken a lifetime to realize that many people have to learn empathy....
