Field Gleaning as a Tool for Addressing Food Security at the Local Level: Case Study

Hoisington, Anne; Butkus, Sue Nicholson; Garrett, Steven L.; Beerman, Kathy A.

doi:10.1016/s1499-4046(06)60009-2

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“…Gleaning can also include collecting and donating excess food from farmers markets, packing lines, and storage houses (Beyranevand et al, 2015). Much of the literature written specifically about gleaning has focused either on how to quantitatively measure and maximize the impact of gleaning (Lee et al, 2017;Sönmez et al, 2016) or has examined the role of gleaning organizations in the communities they serve (Hoisington et al, 2001).…”

Section: Gleaning and Community Food Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gleaning programs can play an important role in the food system by distributing surplus produce to low income, food-insecure individuals. Most studies agree that gleaning improves diets by increasing access to local, fresh produce for individuals and food distribution sites (Berlin, Schattman, & Hamilton, 2012;Hoisington et al, 2001;Neff et al, 2015;Vitiello et al, 2015). Some gleaning programs, particularly those run by food banks or those that directly involve food insecure populations in the practice of gleaning, have the potential to enhance communities' capacity to meet their own food needs, and serve to foster a sense of social empowerment (Hoisington et al, 2001;Vitiello et al, 2015).…”

Section: Gleaning and Community Food Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gleaner-Farmer Relationships: A Study of Recruitment and Relationship Development

Lott

Irwin²,

Heiss

2020

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Food loss and waste is a significant issue in the global food system. The agricultural practice of gleaning-recovery and distribution of unharvested produce directly from farms or the recovery of unsold produce from farmers markets-is seen as a multifunctional intervention, with the potential to address food loss, food insecurity, and the reliance of food pantries on processed food. While research has identified food donation and food recovery programs such as gleaning as potential solutions to issues of food loss and food insecurity, more research is needed to examine the actual communicative organizing practices associated with food recovery and gleaning efforts. With the aim of better conceptualizing the role that gleaning organizations might play in improving community food security and alleviating food loss, this study examines how gleaning programs develop and maintain relationships in emergency food systems. Based on 12 semistructured interviews with Vermont gleaning professionals, we aim (1) to describe the relationship between gleaning coordinators and farmers, with a focus on effective communication strategies for initiating and maintaining the relationship; and (2) to determine if participation in gleaning can add value to a farm enterprise. Results demonstrate the importance of farmers' sense of community responsibility and gleaners' individualized communication with farmers and knowledge of farming practices to the development and maintenance of gleaning relationships.

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Section: Gleaning and Community Food Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Gleaning and Community Food Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Gleaner-Farmer Relationships: A Study of Recruitment and Relationship Development

Lott

Irwin²,

Heiss

2020

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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“…A common approach to reducing FLW is through food rescue, where imperfect or surplus produce is donated by producers to charitable organizations for redistribution to the food insecure. Significant volumes of food can be rescued from farms: a case study in the US found that in one season, 85,000 lbs (equivalent to 38,555 kg) of fresh produce that otherwise would not have been eaten were recovered and donated to emergency food organizations (Hoisington et al 2001).…”

Section: Food Loss and Waste At The Farm Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition to donations from food retailers, food banks may engage with food rescue initiatives that recover fresh fruits and vegetables from farms to increase their supplies of fresh produce. Sometimes this occurs through gleaning, which involves a group of volunteers harvesting surplus or unmarketable produce and delivering it to food organizations for distribution (Hoisington et al 2001;Lee et al 2017). In other cases, farmers donate crops they have harvested and packaged themselves.…”

Section: Food Insecurity Food Rescue and Food Banksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do food donation tax credits for farmers address food loss/waste and food insecurity? A case study from Ontario

2019

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To increase donations of nutritious food, Ontario introduced a tax credit for farmers who donate agricultural products to food banks in 2013. This research seeks to investigate the role of Ontario's Food Donation Tax Credit for Farmers in addressing both food loss and waste (FLW) and food insecurity through a case study of fresh produce rescue in Windsor-Essex, Ontario. This research also documents the challenges associated with rescuing fresh produce from farms, as well as alternatives to donating. Interviews with food banks, producers and key informants revealed that perceptions of the tax credit, and the credit's ability to address FLW and food insecurity, contrasted greatly with the initial perceptions of the policymakers who created the tax credit. In particular, the legislators did not anticipate the logistical challenges associated with incentivizing this type of donation, nor the limitations of a donation-based intervention to provide food insecure Ontarians with access to fresh, nutritious food.

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“…Recovery of unsold fruits and vegetables at farmers markets should not be left out of this equation. Today, gleaning takes place after commercial picks, usually by nonprofit organizations, and food is directed to the emergency food system (Hampl et al, 2004;Hoisington et al, 2001). Furthermore, food recovery organizations and for-profit wholesalers act as gleaners by donating food from manufacturers, wholesalers, grocers, and restaurants (Hampl et al, 2004).…”

Section: Gleaningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Farmers Markets and The Emergency Food System in West Virginia: An analysis of intersection to improve community food security

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Field Gleaning as a Tool for Addressing Food Security at the Local Level: Case Study

Cited by 28 publications

References 13 publications

Gleaner-Farmer Relationships: A Study of Recruitment and Relationship Development

Gleaner-Farmer Relationships: A Study of Recruitment and Relationship Development

Do food donation tax credits for farmers address food loss/waste and food insecurity? A case study from Ontario

Farmers Markets and The Emergency Food System in West Virginia: An analysis of intersection to improve community food security

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