by Ben Southworth | May 13, 2019 | Donations, Gleaning, Hunger, Partner, Plant a Row, Plant It Forward, Supporter
Hey farms, orchards, and gardens all over Central Kentucky! As we all gear up for another busy gleaning season, here’s a reminder about GleanKY as an outlet for your excess produce. Thanks to our produce donors in 2018, we were able to distribute over a quarter...
by Ben Southworth | Apr 9, 2019 | Education, Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Hunger, Networking, Partner, Volunteer
Our Master Gleaner Webinar Series is all wrapped up for the year, with all six videos now available online to view. The series covers everything from GleanKY’s history and a basic volunteer training, up through how to start gleaning in your community and...
by Ben Southworth | Nov 7, 2018 | Donations, Gleaning, Hunger, Networking, Partner, Volunteer
Sydney Wilk is still fairly new to volunteering with GleanKY, but has already had some great experiences in her time with us. Read on to learn about her experiences: ‘When I first heard the concept of gleaning I instantly loved the idea of distributing...
by Ben Southworth | Sep 6, 2018 | Gleaning, Hunger, Neighborhood Ambassador, Networking, Partner, Recipient Hightlight, Supporter, Volunteer
Volunteers like Garth Lehman enable GleanKY to fulfill our mission of keeping produce from going to waste and making sure that it gets to people who need it. Garth has been volunteering with GleanKY for years and makes weekly gleaning trips to Good Foods Co-op, many...
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...
by Ben Southworth | Apr 10, 2018 | Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Hunger, Uncategorized, Volunteer
This winter has to come to a close at some point, right?! We’re hoping it ends sometime soon, because we’re looking forward to ramping up towards gleaning farms, orchards, and farmers’ markets. Gleaning at farmers’ markets can be a...
