This year has been an active one in the world of Farm to Food Bank! We worked with 31 Montgomery County Farms this past year to direct 153,277 lbs. of produce to 54 Food Assistance Providers. We are so excited about the work we have been able to accomplish together, and as we look forwardContinue Reading
As the harvest season comes to a close, we want to highlight a few of the local Montgomery County farms that donate surplus fresh produce and participate in the County Farm to Food Bank program , providing fresh, healthy, delicious produce to the many food assistance providers in our network. One of those farms is Chicken of the Woods Permaculture Farm (COTW) in Darnestown, MD. The nameContinue Reading
Just when we thought the local harvest was done for the year, and we turned our attention to food for the upcoming holidays, Community Food Rescue (CFR) had a flurry of requests from local farms to glean their fields. In November, we organized four gleans that together yielded a bounty of 2,410 lbs. of produce that was distributedContinue Reading
Community Food Rescue (CFR) has launched the second year of its gleaning initiative. Gleaning is the harvesting of food that would otherwise go unpicked. The crop is left unharvested when there is so little left behind that it is not economical for the farmer to harvest. Or, in the case of “pick your own farms,”Continue Reading
“Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.” This passage from Leviticus 19:9 refers to the ancient practice of gleaning food after the harvest leaving food in the field for those in need. ThisContinue Reading
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