In a Pickle with Extra Produce?
by Nicole B.
If you’re a gardener, I am sure you know the annual routine, seeds started in March and planted into the ground in May. Finally, after a lot of weeding, watering, and sweating, a plentiful garden. Peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, or what have you, it is always satisfying to see what your family was able to grow over the summer. Sometimes we have too much luck with our crops, and we grow so much we do not know what to do with it. It is common to see people giving away zucchini by the dozens or having too many tomatoes to can in one summer! If you have ever experienced this, there are tons of ways to help share, love, and display your gardening talents without waste.
One option anyone can access is the Calgary Food Bank. The Calgary Food Bank has a campaign called ‘Grow a Row.’ The campaign gives local gardeners the opportunity to donate any extra produce that you or your loved ones can’t eat before it goes bad. All you do is bring your food down and they will weigh it and then use it for fresh produce at the Calgary Food Bank. You do not even have to wash it!
Not a gardener? No problem. We are also very excited to announce the Broxburn Mobile Farm Stand is back for the season every Friday from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. They can do the growing and you are free to donate what you cannot eat.
Growers and shoppers alike can also bring any leftover fruit and vegetables they have to Leftovers, a non-profit that ensures food destined for the landfill can get into the empty stomachs of our city’s most vulnerable populations. Leftovers aims to “rescue your harvest” and help donate the produce accordingly.
For more information about the Calgary Food Bank ‘Plant a Row,’ visit calgaryfoodbank.com/growarow/.
For more information about the Leftovers, visit rescuefood.ca/home-harvest.
For more information about the Broxburn mobile market locations, see broxburn-vegetables.com/pages/calgary-order-pickup.
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