Gleaning is the process of volunteers harvesting or otherwise recovering quality produce from farms and markets to redistribute through regional and local hunger relief programs. Participating in gleaning can support long-term sustainability goals of agricultural productivity, environmental stewardship, financial profitability, farmer/grower quality of life, and societal goals of addressing hunger associated with food insecurity.
This video series is designed to promote the practice of gleaning amongst farmers/growers and farmers market managers, as well as provide relevant produce safety information to gleaning volunteers.
Gleaning Safely: Farmer Produce Safety Training
This video covers ways farmers can work with gleaners to safely donate their produce to local hunger relief efforts. Please see below for some of the links that were referenced during the presentation.
Gleaning Safely: Volunteer Produce Safety Training
This video covers basic produce safety information for individuals gleaning fresh produce.
Gleaning Safely: Farmers Market Training
This video covers ways farmers market managers and vendors can work with gleaners to safely donate produce to local hunger relief efforts.
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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.