“It’s not fun weeding,” said Cindy Hunter, “but when you’re weeding with somebody else, it’s a whole different world. It’s fun.” And she would certainly know. Cindy has been volunteering several times a week with The Food Bank’s Full Circle Gardens Program for over a year, not to mention she grew up on a farm. Oh, and did we tell you she has a garden of her own at home, too?
Ozarks Food Harvest’s Glean Team had another successful growing season this year.
Thanks to the continued hard work from volunteers, 29,633 pounds of locally-grown produce was harvested. The Plant a Row for the Hungry initiative also brought in 20,916 pounds of fresh produce, leaving the Full Circle Gardens program total at 50,549 pounds this season. Ozarks Food Harvest could not have done it without the help from compassionate volunteers and partners!
This growing season has been off to a great start for Ozarks Food Harvest’s Full Circle Gardens program. So far, Glean Team volunteers have harvested 2,010 pounds of produce from Ozarks Food Harvest’s garden, and nearly 1,900 pounds of produce from Second Baptist’s Victory Garden.