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The Giving Gardeners

Food rescue

No good harvest goes to waste

Home gardeners, orchards, and food banks all post here. If you have more than you can eat, a neighbor within a few miles is glad to have it.

What you can share

  • Garden produce

    Tomatoes, squash, greens, peppers — whatever the season gave you.

  • Fruit

    Backyard apples, plums, pears, and berries before they drop.

  • Vegetables

    Root crops, beans, and cool-weather harvests.

  • Herbs

    Basil, mint, rosemary, and cutting bundles.

  • Eggs

    Backyard flock surplus, shared safely and locally.

  • Extra harvests

    Whole-row overflow and gleaning days.

Donations near you

A live sample of what's on the map this week.

  • Produce

    Extra zucchini + basil

    The Nguyen Family · 0.7 mi

    Harvest overflow every Thursday evening.

  • Fruit Trees

    Apple & plum tree gleaning

    Hillcrest Orchard · 3.4 mi

    Bring your own bags — pick before the frost.

  • Food Rescue

    Bread + produce rescue run

    Northside Food Bank · 2.7 mi

    Boxes packed Tuesdays, delivery volunteers welcome.

Open the food rescue mapDrive a rescue run

Food banks and pantries are welcome

Partner organizations can post pickup windows, request specific produce, and coordinate volunteer drivers. Gleaning days at partner orchards are posted every harvest season.