Audio and Video Press
Check out the radio, TV, and online media pieces that have featured our work below!
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July 7th, 2020
Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to report on Boston Area Gleaners and the incredible value of gleaning in bridging gaps in our food system—particularly in moments of crisis. |
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July 10th, 2019
Meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski of WBZ News joined our Operations Team in the field to learn about gleaning and follow the harvest from farms to families. |
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September 16, 2017
Boston Area Gleaners Board President Charlotte Milan was interviewed by Arlington Community Media Inc. at Arlington Town Day 2017. She explains who The Gleaners are and describes the enormous potential to grow. |
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June 28, 2016
BAG Executive Director Duck Caldwell presented about gleaning--a wonderful way to help reduce waste on the farm--at Harvard's Reduce & Recover: Save Food for People conference. Hundreds of leaders in the food recovery field attended the two-day event. Watch Duck's talk from 7:18-16:36. |
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July 12, 2014
The Boston Area Gleaners' Executive Director, Duck Caldwell, is interviewed by WNTN's Jason Turesky for their local "Magazine" program. Duck answers questions about the mission, history, and vision of the Gleaners. Click here for the podcast link. |
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March 27, 2014
In this short TV news segment by Arlington Public News, our Executive Director, Duck Caldwell, our Gleaning Coordinator, Matt Crawford, and David Wadleigh of Kimball Fruit Farm discuss the impact of our work. The piece includes some great footage of volunteers gleaning apples from storage at Kimball Fruit Farm in Pepperell! 
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February 13, 2014
The Boston Area Gleaners is featured in an episode of the American Public Television program America's Heartland, a program which focuses on American food and farming. The segment on BAG includes interviews with our wonderful volunteers, our Executive Director, Duck Caldwell, and the Executive Director of our largest recipient agency, Sasha Purpura of Food for Free. Click here to watch the 5 minute segment! |
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November 29, 2013
Gleaning Coordinator, Matt Crawford, and Executive Director, Duck Caldwell, as well as one of our incredible volunteers, among other voices, are featured in this short radio piece featured on the nationally syndicated PRI radio program Living on Earth. The piece is entitled "Modern Gleaning Helps the Hungry". Click here to listen to the piece and read the transcript! |
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October 24, 2011
Boston Area Gleaners joined Governor Deval Patrick at The Food Project farm in Lincoln, MA on Oct. 24th, 2011, which is then proclaimed as Massachusetts Food Day! Click here, or click play to the right, to view a video of the Governor gleaning carrots with the volunteers and staff of BAG and the farmers at The Food Project. You can also read more about the Governor's gleaning trip in an article written by Wicked Local and in a blog entry on The Food Project's website.
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Fall 2011
Watch a clip of an afternoon Gleaning Trip to Dick's Market Garden from our 2011 gleaning season. The video was provided by Sandy Hooper, a Multimedia Producer from Boston University. It is a great snapshot of what a typical apple Gleaning Trip looks like! |