by Jordan Engel | Jan 5, 2018 | Gleaning
New Volunteers Are you curious what gleaning is all about? Come to one of our upcoming volunteer trainings in Lexington to learn more about how you can help prevent food waste and fight hunger in our community. Simply put, gleaning and food redistribution...
by Ben Southworth | Nov 2, 2017 | Community Event, Donations, Fundraising, Gleaning, Hunger, Supporter
One in six Kentuckians live in some level of food insecurity – worrying at times where their next meal will come from.GleanKY works every day to gather excess fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to over seventy local feeding programs in Central...
by Jordan Engel | Jul 28, 2017 | Gleaning
This time of year is peak growing season, and it’s also a time when many of our volunteers happen to be out of town on vacation. That means that we need gleaners more than ever to help make sure that fresh produce in Lexington isn’t going to waste, and is...
by Rachael Dupree | Jul 5, 2017 | Gleaning, Volunteer
If you haven’t been to the new Whole Foods at The Summit at Fritz Farm in Lexington, it’s definitely worth checking out. Our team got a sneak peak prior to opening day, and we’re in awe of the now bigger and better produce section. What we’re...
by Jordan Engel | Jun 1, 2017 | Gleaning
June is the month that many of our seasonal gleaning opportunities, like farms and farmers markets, really start in earnest. Check out some of the ways you can be involved below: Farmers’ Markets One way that you can get involved is by helping us glean at...
by Rachael Dupree | May 19, 2017 | Gleaning
One of the things GleanKY has historically been good at is responding to a need, whether that need be to feed or to harvest. So when we received word on a Thursday morning that buckets of strawberries on a farm in Pulaski County didn’t have final destinations, of...
