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Gleaning is the traditional
Biblical practice of gathering
crops that would otherwise be
left in the fields to rot or be
plowed under after harvest.
The Gleaning Network
coordinates volunteers, growers,
and distribution agencies to
salvage this
food for the needy. Tens
of thousands of volunteers from
churches, synagogues, scout
troops, senior citizen groups,
and other organizations
participate each year in Society
of St. Andrew gleaning
activities. Each year tens of
millions of pounds of produce
are salvaged and given to the
poor at no cost to them.
Gleaners are people of all ages
and income levels who want to
give of themselves. Within 48
hours of picking the produce,
hungry Americans are usually
eating the gleaned food.
Each year some 30,000
people go gleaning with us to
pick up over 15 million pounds
of fresh, nutritious food for
their hungry neighbors. |
