Marin County's Pacific Sun Honored the Gleaners with their Hero of the Week award!
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Thanks to the dedicated work of the Novato Unified School District's (NUSD) Food and Nutritional Services department, the 1st annual Thanksgiving Harvest and Glean Event was a sweeping success across the county. NUSD rallied a team of nearly 100 volunteers comprised of teachers, administrators, parents, and students to glean the fields of two Marin Organic producer member farms on Monday afternoon November 22nd.
Harvesting gleanable food, food that would otherwise be left in the fields, from the fields of Star Route Farm in Bolinas and Green Gulch Zen Center's Organic Farm near Muir Beach, the team collected 111 boxes totally more than 800 pounds of healthy produce. All food was then donated to Families, Community Centers, and the Marin County Food Bank to be distributed just before the holiday.
A reporter from Marin Independent Journal photographed the event, interviewed gleaners, and released on article on the event.
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A volunteer wrote about her experience and posted pictures on the Novato Patch community news share:
www.Novato.Patch.com
A job well done. Hope to see you out with the Marin Organic Glean Team soon.
Chester Densmore
Marin Organic School Lunch and Gleaning Program Associate
