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Low-Hanging Fruit
Can Gleaning help us re-envision the world?
Mike Cohen, executive director of the Bellingham Food Bank in Washington, often gets phone calls
from area farmers who have recently harvested a crop.
These small-scale organic farmers call to...
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Low-Hanging Fruit
Can Gleaning help us re-envision the world?
Mike Cohen, executive director of the Bellingham Food Bank in Washington, often gets phone calls
from area farmers who have recently harvested a crop.
These small-scale organic farmers call to say
they just picked carrots or kale or apples from their fields and are ready for the gleaners – volunteers
who pick leftover produce and distribute it to the poor.
Sometimes these calls come a few days
before a farmer wants the gleaners to arrive.
Sometimes Cohen’s phone rings just a day before a
farmer needs them.
He’s never sure when the next call will come and exactly what crop his group
will be picking.
Cohen helps run Small Potatoes Gleaning, a volunteer organization that provides leftover produce to
people who are struggling to afford food on their own.
Small Potatoes is just one of many such
organizations across the country that are turning to gleaning to prevent waste, provide fresh food to
the hungry, and build commu
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