In Seattle, we're lucky to have a city-wide gleaning effort coordinated among several groups. But what if you live outside of Seattle and want to donate or harvest fresh fruits and vegetables?
Here are a some gleaning groups we know of in Western Washington. Know of others? Send us a note at lettucelink@solid-ground.org. It's great when we can directly connect people with a gleaning project in their own area.
Seattle
- City Fruit (Ballard, Phinney, Greenwood, Crown Hill, Wallingford, SE and West Seattle).
- Seattle's Giving Garden Network
Clallam County
- Port Angeles and Sequim: Olympic Gleaners
Clark County
- Vancouver: Urban Abundance
Island County
- Whidbey Island: Gleeful Gleaners
- Whidbey Island (Langley): Good Cheer Garden
Jefferson County
- Port Townsend and Quilcene: Quimper Community Harvest
King County
- Carnation: Sno-Valley Harvest
- Issaquah: Issaquah Harvest
- Seattle: See above
Kitsap County
Pierce County
- Puyallup: Mother Earth Farm
- Tacoma: Pierce County Gleaning Project
Skagit County
- Mount Vernon: Harvest for Hope
Snohomish County
- Everett: Red Barn Community Farm
Thurston County
- Olympia: Thurston County Food Bank Gleaners
Whatcom County
- Bellingham: Small Potatoes Gleaning Project
In 2009, Lettuce Link published an urban fruit harvest guide, written by harvest and fruit tree extraordinaire, Gail Savina. Gather It! How to Organize an Urban Fruit Harvest -- all the steps and resources to start a harvest project of your own.
Want to start something in your area? We'd be happy to talk with you about tips, resources, and ideas.
Happy harvesting!
5 comments:
Lettuce Link, Thank you. Your website has made finding Gleaners to pick grapes in Rainier Valley. Linda
Please add. Makes finding Gleaners easy.
Hello,
I'd like to update a link on this list. I'm with Harvest Pierce County who puts on the Pierce County Gleaning project (serving more than Tacoma). Here's the link to our website:
https://piercecd.org/196/Gleaning-Project
Thanks!
Thanks a ton for sharing this information in this article. Many thanks!
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Looking to move to riverside, wa I’d love to learn about any gleaning opportunities within an hour radius!
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