“As many food pantries have, the Rutland Community Cupboard in Rutland, Vt. has felt the impact of the recession and the slow recovery from it. ‘There’s a great need,’ volunteer Linda Bania said, pointing out how busy the organization has been in recent years, and how many of the group’s shelves have empty spaces Bania said could often use more food to fill them.
“Now, some help is coming from a farm in nearby Poultney. At the Dutchess Farm, Sam Dixon of the Rutland Area Farm & Food Link was visiting on his once-a-week trip to gather food that otherwise would have gone uneaten. ‘We’re trying to capture as much as we can,’ Dixon said.”
A number of people think of gleaning only in biblical terms. In the Book of Ruth (Chapter 2), Ruth the Moabite is gleaning after the harvesters when she was noticed by Boaz, and eventually they marry.
In Vermont, a number of farms are allowing gleaning to remove surplus produce that might otherwise go to waste
To access an NECN report on gleaning efforts and their role in meeting Vermont’s food needs, please visit:
NECN: Vt. embraces gleaning as way to reduce hunger (2 OCT 13)
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