19
Apr
Volunteer Spotlight: Sheryl
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It’s National Volunteer Week and we are so grateful to have volunteers donating their time to help AmpleHarvest.org this year! Volunteers have been utilizing their time and talents to help identify food pantries in their communities, as well as, reaching out to gardeners to let them know they can donate extra produce from their gardens.... Read More
11
Sep
Good Samaritan Act Provides Liability Protection For Garden Food Donations Too!
Since AmpleHarvesst.org launched in 2009, we have helped spread the awareness that gardeners could donate food to a food pantry protected by the Emerson Food Safety Act signed by President Clinton. While gardeners were not explicitly mentioned in the act, the wording made it abundantly clear that the act included the needed protection. Recently, Jean Buzby... Read More
04
Sep
Beginners Guide to Raising Chickens for Eggs
Guest Post written by Chris Lesley of chickensandmore.com While keeping backyard chickens has been steadily increasing in popularity for more than 10 years, the coronavirus lockdown has spurred this gradual rise into a full-fledged flood of urban and suburban would-be farmers. Tragically, the lockdown and accompanying recession have also led to a massive increase in food... Read More
07
May
A letter from AmpleHarvest.org to America’s family farmers
The sight of a farmer throwing away their harvest makes everyone in America angry – especially the nation’s farmers. The entire country asks why? At AmpleHarvest.org, we are urging gardeners nationwide to enlarge their gardens where possible, and plant as much as they can so they can donate a more than ever to local food pantries.... Read More
24
Mar
Keeping Fruits and Vegetables Safe from Coronavirus
I did not realize how many mailing lists I was on until now. Every company, from clothing to airline to restaurant to universities, has e-mailed to explain the measures they are implementing in response to the coronavirus. I grew up in Hong Kong and canceled my visit in February because friends and family were dealing... Read More
20
Mar
Working Without Going To Work
In my prior posting about a week (now feels more like a lifetime) ago, when people were just starting to be asked to work from home, when cities were not yet ordering people off of the streets, and when toilet paper was still somewhat available, I wrote about my experience of “telecommuting” over the past... Read More
13
Mar
A letter from AmpleHarvest.org to America’s gardeners
The nation, along with the rest of the world, is facing a monumental crisis. And like similarly scary and challenging times in history, it will be addressed by the collective efforts of all people. During the Civil War, President Lincoln encouraged people to plant “People’s Gardens” to help feed the community. During both world wars,... Read More
12
Mar
If They Told You To Work From Home, I’ve Done It For 40 Years
In 1976, I built a computer from a kit. It had 512 bytes of memory, connected to my TV’s rabbit ears and stored data on a cassette tape recorder. Damn that was exciting However, in 1978, after two years of computer programming for banks on Wall Street, I was done with working at an office.... Read More
23
Jan
When is a Gardener Not a Gardener?
When an “accidental gardener” grows food they never planted. Visit any online real estate site and you are asked to choose location, price range and the number of bed rooms desired. You can also select options such as a pool, washer/dryer, two car garage, etc. However you are never asked if you want already existing... Read More
18
May
May 18, 2009
For most people, May 18 2009 was a lifetime ago. The President was Obama, we were listening to Black Eye Peas, and we were still more than a year away from the launch of Instagram. For me, it was yesterday. It was also about two months from the day I woke up with an... Read More