Gleaning Resources
Click here to access the Shared Google Drive, containing recordings from monthly meetings as well as other shared files and documents.
Monthly meetings hosted by AGO on a large variety of topics relevant to gleaning organizations around the country.
A full contact list of gleaning organizations in North America, compiled by AGO during the 2020 Gleaning Census.
Center for Agriculture & Food Systems' (CAFS) Community Resource Library
A national network connecting modern field gleaning and food recovery organizations across the United States, as well as access to law and policy resources and other documents to help support the work of these organizations.
Harvest VISTA Produce Recovery Resource Guide
A cumulation of "best practices" from local and national produce recovery projects, written by current or previous Harvest VISTAs.
Food is Free's How to Start a Food is Free Project
A .pdf document from the Food is Free Project that outlines the steps to creating a branch in your area.
WSU Food Systems Program networking and resource sharing space: a four part series in the winter/spring of 2023
Gleaning in Action with the USDA's Snap-Ed program
SNAP-Ed programs across the country have set up successful gleaning programs by partnering with local organizations and volunteers. Learn more about some of these thriving programs and see how they were developed.
Also see Let's Glean, USDA Gleaning Toolkit
This site provides information on national and state laws and regulations pertaining to gleaning, food recovery, and food donation; an interactive map of gleaning and food recovery organizations across the country; and reports and research created by the National Gleaning Project team.
Also see The National Gleaning Project: Guide to the Online Gleaning Resources Hub
A 6-part YouTube webinar serries featuring videos between 10 - 30 minutes each on important gleaner topics such as: Gleaning from Farmers Markets, Saftey, Communication and more.
The Falling Fruit mapping project sees our cities flourishing with all kinds of food-bearing plants. There is a lot of fruit growing that we should be more aware and taking advantage of, and ideally building community around, so that in the future we can actually demand more, expect more from our city, that we can imagine a more edible, urban future. The hope is that the map will help to push the boundaries of what urban designers will consider planting.
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