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Transition Sarasota Gleaning Project
Garden gleaning is a great way to rescue food that would otherwise go to waste, not to
mention get out in the fresh air and sunshine.
Transition Sarasota has a great farm-based
Suncoast Gleaning Pilot Project going...
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Transition Sarasota Gleaning Project
Garden gleaning is a great way to rescue food that would otherwise go to waste, not to
mention get out in the fresh air and sunshine.
Transition Sarasota has a great farm-based
Suncoast Gleaning Pilot Project going that is having huge success.
"We are quite proud of
it and think it could be easily replicated by other Transition Initiatives.
It is a win-win-win-win
for farmers, food banks, the food insecure, and volunteers.
It is manageable for initiatives
who are still in the early stages of Transition, has an impact that is easily measured, and
generates publicity that is universally positive.
" - wrote Don Hall, Project Coordinator
Since 1980, food banks throughout the United States have been participating in the timehonored tradition of gleaning: rescuing food from local farms that would otherwise go to
waste in the fields.
One excellent example of this is the Arizona Statewide Gleaning Project,
which was established in 1993 when local foo
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