they contribute food for the food banks. Locally several truck
farmers contribute to food banks by setting aside some plantings or
allowing gleaners to come in . Here's a story from todays local
paper.

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011...egetables.html

and here's a slide show

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011...bIQW.St.39.JPG

I think it's great and this particular farm is one of my favorites.
They grow fabulous strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and
vegetables.

On Jul 21, 12:54*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> they contribute food for the food banks. * Locally several truck
> farmers contribute to food banks by setting aside some plantings or
> allowing gleaners to come in . * Here's a story from todays local
> paper.
>
> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011...-berry-farm-gr...
>
> and here's a slide show
>
> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011...d-bank-harvest....
>
> I think it's great and this particular farm is one of my favorites.
> They grow fabulous strawberries, blueberries, raspberries *and
> vegetables.

Under Jewish law, farmers may not glean their own fields. Gleaning is
left to widows and orphans.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.

On Jul 21, 10:29*am, Jerry Avins > wrote:


> Under Jewish law, farmers may not glean their own fields. Gleaning is
> left to widows and orphans.
>

These guys don't glean their own fields either, they allow the
gleaning organization to come in and do it.

ImStillMags > wrote:
> they contribute food for the food banks. Locally several truck
> farmers contribute to food banks by setting aside some plantings or
> allowing gleaners to come in . Here's a story from todays local
> paper.
>
> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011...egetables.html
>
> and here's a slide show
>
> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011...bIQW.St.39.JPG
>
> I think it's great and this particular farm is one of my favorites.
> They grow fabulous strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and
> vegetables.

Many of the food banks in my area will not accept produce from local
gardeners. They will accept food from a certified farm that is USDA
inspected. So as a local gardener the extra produce goes into the compost
pile.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

On Jul 21, 11:41*am, Nad R > wrote:

> Many of the food banks in my area will not accept produce from local
> gardeners. They will accept food from a certified farm that is USDA
> inspected. So as a local gardener the extra produce goes into the compost
> pile.


That's sad. Surely there must be a church or other organization that
helps the needy that could
take extra produce.

ImStillMags > wrote:
> On Jul 21, 11:41 am, Nad R > wrote:
>
>> Many of the food banks in my area will not accept produce from local
>> gardeners. They will accept food from a certified farm that is USDA
>> inspected. So as a local gardener the extra produce goes into the compost
>> pile.
>
>
> That's sad. Surely there must be a church or other organization that
> helps the needy that could
> take extra produce.

Nah, it helps the soil

Many places that hand out food wants someone to be responsible if someone
gets sick. One can give the food directly to a person, but no organization
will do this.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

On Jul 21, 2:05*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> On Jul 21, 10:29*am, Jerry Avins > wrote:
>
> > Under Jewish law, farmers may not glean their own fields. Gleaning is
> > left to widows and orphans.
>
> These guys don't glean their own fields either, they allow the
> gleaning organization to come in and do it.

Good for them!

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:54:57 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>they contribute food for the food banks. Locally several truck
>farmers contribute to food banks by setting aside some plantings or
>allowing gleaners to come in . Here's a story from todays local
>paper.
>
>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011...egetables.html
>
>and here's a slide show
>
>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011...bIQW.St.39.JPG
>
>I think it's great and this particular farm is one of my favorites.
>They grow fabulous strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and
>vegetables.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing the link.

Lou

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:54:57 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>they contribute food for the food banks. Locally several truck
>farmers contribute to food banks by setting aside some plantings or
>allowing gleaners to come in . Here's a story from todays local
>paper.
>
>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011...egetables.html
>
>and here's a slide show
>
>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011...bIQW.St.39.JPG
>
>I think it's great and this particular farm is one of my favorites.
>They grow fabulous strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and
>vegetables.

When one is a local farmer, the same person is buying locally and
using local stuff (Fertiliser, local help, paying elec. and gas)- in
the same manner you are and we should all be doing the same.

Farmers who are growing locally are using the same services you are.

Just Do It!- as NIKE once said- nobody is harmed.

with aloha,
"local" farmer Cea

David replied to Ranee:

>> Unfortunately, the same regulations that exist for
> >restaurants/grocery stores/mega farms/etc, get applied to churches.
>
> Would it be better somehow if churches were following unsafe and
> unsanitary food handling practices and poisoning lots of religious
> people with Salmonella and E. Coli? Hmmm, perhaps so.

Isn't that better than poisoning them with cyanide-laced Kool-Aid?

Bob

On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:52:07 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> David replied to Ranee:
>
>>> Unfortunately, the same regulations that exist for
>>>restaurants/grocery stores/mega farms/etc, get applied to churches.
>>
>> Would it be better somehow if churches were following unsafe and
>> unsanitary food handling practices and poisoning lots of religious
>> people with Salmonella and E. Coli? Hmmm, perhaps so.
>
> Isn't that better than poisoning them with cyanide-laced Kool-Aid?
>
> Bob

let's be accurate here. it was flavor-aid.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones>

your pal,
jim