Gleaning, a way to share

Helping load the goods - click to enlarge
Photo: Robert F Bukaty Bangor Daily News

  Sometimes a farmer grows too many vegetables to market.  It's not uncommon in Maine for a farm to have "too many" in a row crop.  It is especially true with green goods; lettuce, kale or broccoli as examples.
  That's where Gleaners come in; they will pick the remains and take them to a food bank.  In that way the "left-overs" are shared.  It means that something is in a food cupboard that is fresh and not in a can.
  Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/slideshow/gleaning-program-puts-garden-surplus-on-tables-helps-fight-food-insecurity-in-hancock-county/?ref=maineframe

Unloading at the Food Cupboard
Photo: Robert F Bukaty Bangor Daily News