A great idea - gleaning fields

zixxa
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:00:44 +0000

I live in an area that use to be predominately agriculture but is now changing. The food banks in partnership with larger farms have had been doing this for years. After a while, the smaller farmers got involved too. There are even some of the senior communities/groups that work with specific farms each year. In our high poverty area, the fresh produce is truly needed and a treat to those who receive it.

The sad part is that there are some farmers who aren’t comfortable with this because of the liability issues involved. Most don’t allow underage to participate for this reason. They don’t want to be sued because someone tripped in a hole and sprained their ankle or got stung by a wasp and had a allergic reaction or something.