by Elaine Losekamp | Jan 20, 2024 | Gleaning, Plant a Row, Plant It Forward
It’s a scene most every gardener can relate to: for weeks, you eagerly anticipate the first ripe tomatoes (or zucchinis, or peppers, or melons… you get the gist) in your garden. The days grow hotter, the green tomatoes on the vine remain stubbornly green, you wait...
by Jerilyn Bristow | Sep 13, 2021 | Gleaning, Hunger, Plant It Forward, Volunteer
I feel incredibly fortunate that I’ve never worried about a single meal in my life. I’ve eaten “government cheese” as well as WIC food when my newly single mother went to school to become a nurse. Even then, I gave little thought to the food that showed up in our...
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 | 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...
by Ben Southworth | Jul 31, 2017 | Community Event, Fundraising, Plant It Forward
Join us Sunday, August 20 from 4-8 PM for Bluegrass Tomato Fest 2017! This event is a celebration of home gardening, hosted by our friends Kathy Sink and Cindy Nabar (‘the tomato ladies’) at the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection (3220...
by Rachael Dupree | Feb 22, 2017 | Plant It Forward
There are many ways that GleanKY obtains the produce that we glean. Sometimes we go to grocery stores that are tossing out their excess inventory. Other times we go to farmers markets, where farmers give us the produce that didn’t sell and will likely...
