Feed the hungry with the food growing right in our own back yards!
Hello Everyone, In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I've decided to re-blog Seana's post. Feeding the hungry with food from your own back yard is a great idea that I hope will catch on.
Feed the hungry with the food growing right in our own back yards!
Over the weekend I volunteered for a great organization called Food Forward. They organize picks at private and public properties throughout the greater Los Angeles area to harvest food that might have otherwise gone to waste. That food is then donated to many local food banks and organizations that feed the needy. Since forming in 2009, Food Forward has rescued over 550,000 pounds of produce from over 325 local backyards and orchards. The oranges I picked were going to a Thanksgiving dinner for homeless people as well as a food bank.
This pick was just 2 orange trees in front of a donator’s house. There were two Food Forward representatives and 3 other volunteers beside myself. I met some nice people and got a good workout on my shoulders! It only took an hour and a half, but we managed to harvest 11 boxes of Valencia oranges!
The next pick is Friday, December 02 in San Marino at the Huntington Gardens! This is a big one! Sign up here. It’s really easy to volunteer.
If that event is full, don’t worry, they have many, many others! I’ll be doing one about once a month or so. Also, you can volunteer your trees if you have fruit growing on your property and want Food Forward volunteers to come and pick it. Sign up here.
Hope to see you up a tree!
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