Gleaning and Donations
Intervale Community Farm is dedicated to increasing access to fresh, organic produce for everyone. We work hard to get unharvested or extra vegetables into the hands of those who need them.
Gleaning
Gleaning is the harvesting of crops in the field that we have decided not to harvest for our members. Intervale Community Farm works with two organizations for on-farm gleaning: the Vermont Foodbank and the Intervale Center.
Elena Palermo of the Vermont Foodbank works with volunteers to glean produce at ICF every Tuesday during the outdoor growing season. This produce is distributed to Feeding Chittenden, The Family Room, Heineberg and Champlain Senior Center, Sara Holbrook Center, Decker Towers, The Boys and Girls Club, the UVM Rally Cat’s Cupboard, and the Vermont Youth Conservation Corp Health Care Share.
Hannah Baxter of the Intervale Center visits ICF on Fridays and gleans vegetables for their Fair Share program; a free CSA made up entirely of gleaned and donated food. The CSA serves 200 households and 15 social service organizations for 18 weeks. Everyone Eats and Feeding Chittenden's mobile pantry attend each Fair Share distributing prepared meals and pantry staples in addition to the gleaned veggies provided by the Fair Share.
Want to glean produce at ICF?
There are opportunities to glean at Intervale Community Farm nearly every week from July through October. Elena Palermo of the VT Foodbank comes on Tuesdays, and Hannah Baxter of the Intervale Center gleans on Fridays. Volunteers make their work possible, and they would love to have the help of ICF members! If you are interested, follow the links below to glean with one or both of our partners!
Donations
Intervale Community Farm makes regular donations of produce to local organizations. These include Feeding Chittenden, NOFA VT’s Senior Farm Share Program, The Peoples’ Farmstand, Abenaki Land Link, Food Not Bombs, and others.