A New Educational Component of the Solidarity Gleaning Project

The first year of the regional gleaning project demonstrated a great potential in terms of concrete benefits for local farms and the community. In addition to harvesting and valuing the fruits and vegetables left in the field, marketers and market gardeners were invited to seek assistance to meet their emerging or recurring needs – such as planting, weeding, maintenance and cleaning of foodstuffs. The project mobilized 17 local producers and 107…