Jeannie Hunter, Regional Director of the Society of St. Andrew, will talk about biblical and contemporary gleaning; a process that cared for the widow, orphan, and alien 5000 years ago and today.
St. Andrew is a nonprofit working to feed people while reducing food waste. Society of St. Andrew’s Tennessee Regional Office was established in 2010 to coordinate the state’s gleaning network. Since that time, SoSA has rescued and shared an average of one million pounds of food per year. SoSA’s Tennessee Gleaning Network coordinates volunteers across the state who rescue food at farms, farmers markets, and even processing facilities. Volunteers harvest food straight from farm fields when growers are done for the season, collect food that hasn’t sold, or package and distribute unmarketable but good produce (“ugly” food).