by GleanKY | Jun 19, 2011 | Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Hunger
The latest statistics have arrived from God’s Pantry. If you missed the article in the HL, please read the Hunger in Lexington Report by God’s Pantry. Is shows are needs are great. This year Faith Feeds have added The Nest and Moveable Feast to our list...
by GleanKY | Jun 9, 2011 | Gleaning
Only 1 week into June and already over 100 pounds of produce gleaned from the Lexington and Bluegrass Farmers Markets and given to hunger / emergency food agencies. Help thank our farmers and volunteers who make this happen – shop at your farmers market and if...
by GleanKY | May 25, 2011 | Gleaning
Faith Feeds will begin the 2011 gleaning season on Sunday, May 1, at the Lexington Farmers Market. Thereafter, we will be gleaning that market every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday until sometime in October or November (depending on the weather). In June, we will add...
by GleanKY | Feb 10, 2011 | Community Kitchen, Edible Garden Series, Gleaning
What an amazing and successful season we had in our first year! Between mid-June and the end of November, forty volunteers collected approximately 37,500 lbs. of fresh food from farmers’ markets, local orchards, and farmers’ fields in central Kentucky....
by GleanKY | Oct 5, 2010 | Gleaning
During the month of September, Faith Feeds volunteers gathered more than 3,000 lbs of produce and delivered it to various emergency food agencies in Lexington. More than half of that came from Reed Valley Orchard, who has invited us to glean every week. The growers at...
by GleanKY | Sep 22, 2010 | Gleaning
That’s right! As of last week, 20,000 lbs of fresh produce has been gleaned from markets, gardens, fields, and orchards in and around Lexington this growing season and delivered to emergency food agencies in town. That’s amazing! We are deeply grateful for...
