The Association of Gleaning Organizations is a national organization created in 2017, whose mission is to build the capacity of organizations recovering fresh fruits and vegetables from farms, gardens, and backyards across North America. That is, they are an organization who supports the growth of gleaning nationwide. Their work includes: facilitating connections between gleaning organizations, hosting monthly calls, and an annual gleaning conference held in a different region of the country each year. By engaging communities to harvest surplus produce, vulnerable populations in the U.S. are provided with increased access to wholesome foods.

The Washington State Gleaning Network Project recruits a full time AmeriCorps member to coordinate building a network of gleaning organizations within Washington state, with the support, resources and expertise of both Harvest Against Hunger and the Association of Gleaning Organizations. The AmeriCorps member is hosted at the Seattle offices of Harvest Against Hunger but works alongside both organizations to create this project. The year 2023 is the first year of a three-year pilot project, whose aim is to create the structure of a network that not only supports gleaners in Washington state but also documents a scalable process to build gleaning networks in other states. The goal of this supportive structure is the sustainability and growth of gleaning programs which lead to reduced waste and food insecurity in Washington state and gets excess produce into the hands of those who need it most.