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...
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...
by Ben Southworth | Jun 6, 2019 | Community Event, Education, Gleaning, Networking, Partner, Recipient Hightlight
From our Fayette County Coordinator, Jimmy Earley: “A few weeks ago I received an email from Family Care Center informing me that they had chosen GleanKY as their Community Partner of the Year. The award was to be presented at the 2019 Family Care Center...
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 | Mar 8, 2019 | CSA, Donations, Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Partner, Plant a Row, Plant It Forward, Supporter
Just a couple weeks ago, we were called to glean produce that was used to dress the set of The Stand-In (filmed right in Versailles)! We get these sorts of calls more than you might realize – from a hospital with extra boxes of vegetables, or after an event with...
