Gleaning
CROS Gleaning is a produce recovery program that rescues fresh fruits and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste. Volunteers help gather surplus produce from farms located in Hendry, Martin, and Palm Beach Counties; and the Solid Waste Authority’s mango grove in Lantana. Our main gleaning season runs from November through July, with smaller backyard gleans during the months of August and September. A portion of the recovered produce supports CROS Ministries’ food pantries and the Caring Kitchen program, while distribution partners help deliver the rest to local meal programs and pantries.
Gleaning – Biblical References
Gleaning as a practice to combat hunger is thousands of years old. The people most likely to be hunger victims
during the times of the Hebrew Scriptures were widows, orphans and people traveling through the land called
Sojourners. “When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the
gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen.
Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 19:9-10) other references include
Deuteronomy 24:19-22 & Ruth 2:2ff.
For more information on how to join us in the fields, click on the download button for this season's Gleaning Packet.
See below for this season's Gleaning Packet. To register for an upcoming gleaning event, click on the Sign-up button below.
CROS Ministries’ Gleaning Program is funded, in whole or in part through a subrecipient grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The contents in these materials/presentation do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the United States Department of Agriculture nor does mention of trade names, commercial productions, services or organization imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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