GleanSLO trained a dozen Neighborhood Harvest Leaders earlier this year to lead small gleans in their neighborhoods. During these summer…
Continue ReadingMeet Tom Ikeda, a third generation farmer and GleanSLO partner
This month’s interview is with a very significant partner of GleanSLO, Tom Ikeda, a local farmer, who has offered his…
Continue ReadingBringing the community together, in more ways than can be counted
By Caroline Ginsberg, first GleanSLO employee One of my most vivid memories upon arriving in SLO was the beautiful, incredibly…
Continue ReadingMeet Chris Aho!
The Full Circle of GleanSLO produce By Chris Aho, GleanSLO Steering Committee member & Director of Community Relations-Food Bank Coalition…
Continue ReadingSchool Fruit Drives, featuring Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins, GleanSLO ambassador for student led fruit drives Evan Jenkins, 6th grader at Teach Elementary, distributed paper bags with…
Continue ReadingInterview with Norma Cole
My name is Norma Cole. My husband Jim and I became involved with conversations around harvesting the food that was…
Continue ReadingIT ALL STARTS WITH A SEED
“… rescuing fruit seemed like such a newfound idea, yet so basic to everyday life.” GleanSLO captures so much of the things…
Continue ReadingBack to Our Roots
Bev Aho, founding member of GleanSLO “Funny but as a small child growing up in West Texas, I could…
Continue Reading100,000 pounds so far this year!
100,000 pounds!!! Can you believe it? We had two recent harvests which brought our totals this year to over 100,000…
Continue ReadingInterview with Chuck Asmus
Pictured above: Volunteer Gleaner and GleanSLO driver, Chuck Asmus. Chuck has contributed countless hours to GleanSLO, driving the truck for us,…
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