by Ben Southworth | Jan 9, 2018 | Community Kitchen, Eat Local, Farm-To-Kitchen, Preserving
After several months of construction and getting our systems down pat, the FoodChain/GleanKY Farm-To-Kitchen program made our first delivery to Embrace Church on Monday, December 11th. We were able to provide a Fall Vegetable Soup Base comprised of produce donated by...
by GleanKY | Jun 2, 2015 | Community Event, Eat Local, Gleaning, Hunger, Neighborhood Ambassador, Partner, Preserving, Supporter
It’s a Friday afternoon, the sun is shining, and folks from every walk of life are walking down our street towards their individual destinations; a runway of activity. My husband arrives in a little red Toyota truck full of bread, fresh vegetables,...
by GleanKY | Nov 21, 2012 | Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Plant a Row, Preserving, Volunteer
Earlier this month, we celebrated with our 2012 End of Year Appreciation party – The Gleaners’ Gala! We are thankful to our sources, our gleaners and our recipient organizations for making gleaning a success and getting needed food to people in our...
by GleanKY | Jan 30, 2012 | Community Kitchen, Preserving, Volunteer
On Sunday, January 15, two Faith Feeds volunteers, Meg Swayze and Rachael Brugger brought together 30 youth and adults in the kitchen of Centenary United Methodist Church to prepare 20 pumpkin pies from scratch using pumpkins gleaned from Reed Valley Orchard. Think of...
by GleanKY | Nov 21, 2011 | Community Kitchen, Gleaning, Preserving
It has been a generous year full of fresh fruits and vegetables. We are thankful for the bountiful donations from vegetable and orchard farmers, grocery stores and our neighbors. As we are closing in on the final farm and orchard gleanings, we begin to preserve...
