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A Week of ‘Peak Season’ at GleanKY

by Ben Southworth | Jul 9, 2019 | Donations, Eat Local, Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Hunger, Neighborhood Ambassador, Partner, Recipient Hightlight, Supporter, Uncategorized, Volunteer

This time of year, you’ll hear us talking a lot about it being our ‘peak season’ – the time when we’re out gleaning at our highest capacity. It’s when we start getting calls from farms, orchards, and home gardeners, and when even...
Help Us Pack A Van With Produce

Help Us Pack A Van With Produce

by Ben Southworth | Jun 18, 2019 | Donations, Eat Local, Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Hunger, Partner, Supporter, Volunteer

Every year, it seems like our farm gleaning season sneaks up on us out of nowhere. Grocery gleaning gets into a great, easy-to-manage routine during our ‘off-season’ from January and May, then suddenly we’re fielding calls from multiple farmers in a...
Gleaning the Lexington Farmers’ Market

Gleaning the Lexington Farmers’ Market

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...
Our First Delivery from FoodChain’s Kitchen

Our First Delivery from FoodChain’s Kitchen

by Ben Southworth | Jan 9, 2018 | Community Kitchen, Eat Local, Farm-To-Kitchen, Preserving

After several months of construction and getting our systems down pat, the FoodChain/GleanKY Farm-To-Kitchen program made our first delivery to Embrace Church on Monday, December 11th.  We were able to provide a Fall Vegetable Soup Base comprised of produce donated by...
Neighborhood Ambassadors Make a Difference

Neighborhood Ambassadors Make a Difference

by GleanKY | Jun 2, 2015 | Community Event, Eat Local, Gleaning, Hunger, Neighborhood Ambassador, Partner, Preserving, Supporter

     It’s a Friday afternoon, the sun is shining, and folks from every walk of life are walking down our street towards their individual destinations; a runway of activity.      My husband arrives in a little red Toyota truck full of bread, fresh vegetables,...

Celebrity Chicken Egg Challenge!

by GleanKY | Dec 12, 2012 | Eat Local, Gleaning, Good Giving Guide Challenge, Plant a Row, Supporter, The Edible Garden, Volunteer

Gleaning Works; the board of Faith Feeds wants to make sure the program continues strong and is sustainable.  One way to be sustainable is through fundraising – this year, Faith Feeds|GleanKY joined the fundraising effort of the GoodGiving Guide Challenge....
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New Central KY Field Coordinator

New Central KY Field Coordinator

by Madison McRill | Jul 1, 2022

Meet our new Central KY Field Coordinator!

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One Full Year!

One Full Year!

by Jerilyn Bristow | Jun 15, 2022

Time Flies! I'm amazed that a year is gone already!  It's certainly been a learning curve but I've loved (almost) every minute of it.  When I first started working for Glean Kentucky here in Bowling Green, the territory was still fairly young.  We had weekly gleaning...

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Glean Kentucky at the Pirate Party!

Glean Kentucky at the Pirate Party!

by Jerilyn Bristow | Jun 15, 2022

Last Thursday was a busy one! I knew my plan was a little crazy, but I really wanted to attend this event on behalf of Glean Kentucky.  The day started very early picking up produce.  My goal was to be able to pick up from all 4 retail stores before I had to be at the...

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Long-Term Glean Kentucky Team Members Selected to Take the Lead this Summer

Long-Term Glean Kentucky Team Members Selected to Take the Lead this Summer

by Stephanie Wooten | Jun 3, 2022

  With the upcoming departure of Glean Kentucky’s long-standing Executive Director, Stephanie Wooten, the Board of Directors is thrilled to announce a series of personnel changes geared at keeping experience at the forefront of the organization’s leadership team....

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“An ounce of action is worth a ton…”

“An ounce of action is worth a ton…”

by Jerilyn Bristow | Apr 26, 2022

“An ounce of action is worth a ton…” Ralph Waldo Emerson Most people don’t deal in “tons” for anything they do.  I certainly never had.  In fact, I had trouble imagining a “ton” of anything.  For perspective, here are some things that weigh about a ton: A baby...

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It’s Not Just About Food!

It’s Not Just About Food!

by Jerilyn Bristow | Apr 15, 2022

How do you turn 1,000 pounds of packaged produce into one small bag of garbage? Glean Kentucky is about feeding people but that’s not all we do!  The first thing we do is rescue produce from landfills.  As this wonderful infographic from The National Resources Defense...

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