Washington Gleaning Network
The Washington Gleaning Network connects gleaning programs across Washington state, where volunteers harvest surplus produce from farms, orchards, and gardens and get it to food banks, meal programs, and neighbors. We support gleaners with shared resources, peer connection, and statewide coordination, so the people doing this work aren’t doing it alone. Sign up below to follow along.
Coming up Next
Gleaning events:
Heavy Veggie Szn is here. Join us September 30th, 9:30 to 12:00, at Oxbow Farm in Carnation for a collaborative glean and discussion hosted by FareStart, in partnership with King County Farmers Share and the Washington Gleaning Network, in celebration of Food Waste Prevention Week.
We’ll get our hands in the dirt together, then dig into what makes this work stronger: building community partnerships, purchasing second and b-grade produce from growers, and how gleaning shapes our relationships with the people we work alongside.
🥪 Lunch is on us.
Register by September 23rd.
Meetings
This time of year we are reflecting on the season and thinking through a plan for the next one. As part of our Fall Reset, please join us as we welcome Grant Ledger, to learn more about their work as nonprofit-first grantwriters. All gleaners and gleaning-curious folks welcome.
November 12th from 10-10:45 (PST) on Zoom.
Resources
This Gleaning Network Toolkit is a comprehensive guide developed by an Americorps Harvest VISTA for communities looking to build or strengthen their gleaning movement. Based on the work of the Washington Gleaning Network, it provides practical steps, resources, and real-world examples on assessment, outreach, sustainability, and more, for how we did this work.
Please have a look through our accumulation of a variety of gleaning resources from templates to legal issues to guidebooks.
Check out this section for a list of funding sources ranging from grant search sites to funding initiatives and related articles.
Check out these resources on advocacy to learn more about creating positive change in regulation and policy.
Our Network touches these organizations across WA state. See the interactive map below.
