Welcome back gleaners! We hope you have all had a somewhat dormant winter to recoop and recharge for the 2024 growing season. Asparugus is being cut on the daily and farmers are diligently working to grow food for our communities. It’s time to start thinking about serving together…

Thank you to everyone who contributed to a successful 2022 gleaning season — those who were able to glean, those who offered crops to glean and those who supported us financially. We ended the season with 60,600 lbs of fresh produce for our community! This total equates to more than 174,000 individual servings of food…nutritious food that would otherwise have gone to waste.

The produce was shared with…

KAPP-KVEW Local News and STCU have teamed up to highlight those in our community who are making our world a better place. This month’s Volunteers Count winners are a dynamic duo from Fields of Grace, Rob Koenig and Larry Elliott. They both have been volunteering since the nonprofit began.

STCU surprised Koenig and Elliott with a $1,000 donation to the organization in their name in honor of their commitment to those in need.

“Your story rose to the top…

We ended the season with 103,624 lbs of fresh produce for our community! (compared to 31,563 lbs in 2020!) This total equates to more than 300,000 individual servings of food…nutritious food that would otherwise have gone to waste.

The produce was shared with…