Click HERE to enjoy recent media coverage of the Gleaners, including a podcast and an in-depth article in the Boston Globe.
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Volunteers working in the fields, harvesting surplus crops for their neighbors in need.
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We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing surplus farm crops for people in need.
We deliver high quality, local produce to pantries and meal programs by working closely with local farmers, providing volunteer labor to harvest what would otherwise be plowed under. |
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What is Gleaning?
Gleaning is a Biblical term referring to the law of those times that required farmers to let peasants onto their farms after harvest to “glean” whatever produce was left in the fields.
Today, farmers usually plow it under. Produce is left out there for various reasons — the imperfection of harvest machinery (i.e. potatoes), or because the produce became overripe, slightly damaged by frost, or otherwise imperfect and hard to market, but still edible and nutritious. Boston Area Gleaners’ mission is to remedy this waste by harvesting and delivering the produce to food pantries and shelters! |
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