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After the Harvest rescues nutritious fruits and vegetables from going to waste and donates them to agencies that serve hungry people in KC.

We're going live! Join us on #Facebook TOMORROW, F

We're going live! Join us on #Facebook TOMORROW, Friday April 3rd at 1:00pm CST.

We'll answer questions about #gleaning, volunteer and food safety precautions during #Covid19, how to sign up, & more!

If you have a question you'd like answered but can’t attend our live, "open house" leave a comment below!

Help After the Harvest deliver hope and health by making a small donation today (link in bio). #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #athteam #QandA #volunteersneeded #volunteer #openhouse #teambuilding

As we practice #socialdistancing and follow safety

As we practice #socialdistancing and follow safety guidelines by working from home, we are really starting to miss seeing your faces around the office!

Special shout-out to the @Cargill team who came last week to help us get our 1st quarter letters in the mail just in time! Have you gotten one of our letters? A lot has changed since we sent them and we hope they find you and your family well.

If you were planning to mail a donation in response, consider making one online instead! We're raising urgent funds to help meet the increase in demand for fresh fruits and vegetables in our community.

Give today to help After the Harvest continue to deliver health and hope in times of uncertainty. Link in bio 👆🍊🙏 #strongertogetherkc #weloveourvolunteers #gratitude #healthandhopekc #hungrytohealthykc #gleaning #covid19 #hungerisnotcancelled

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“My sister-in-law has an inoperable brain tumor.

Eager to get your hands in some dirt before gleani

Eager to get your hands in some dirt before gleaning season? ☀️🌱🥕 Plant a garden and plan to share.

Now is the perfect time to get early transplants and seeds to grow in your backyard, balcony, or neighborhood lot.

Our partners @kccommunitygardens and @kcfarmschool_gibbsroad are great resources to get started.

They are offering curbside service for transplant sales and are keeping their doors open to keep our community fed.

Don't forget us when it's harvesting time! We'd love to help pick, pick-up, deliver, and donate any extra fruits and veggies you have to spare for our hungry neighbors.

Donate now to help us deliver health and hope this season (button in bio). #growagarden #wegleanhope #kclocallove #onecommunitykc #strongertogetherkc #nourishhope #givehealthandhope #helpingheroes

With the rapidly evolving #covid_19 situation, the

With the rapidly evolving #covid_19 situation, the safety and well-being of our staff, volunteers, partner agencies, growers and the people we serve are foremost in our priorities. We are doing everything we can to provide essential services while following the @cdcgov and @hhsgov guidance for food safety, prevention and infection control.

As such, we are implementing the following for all After the Harvest volunteer activities: *Encourage staff and volunteers to stay home if they are not well.
*Limit volunteer groups to ten or less.
*Increase efforts to maintain the cleanliness of our workspaces, fleet and packaging, using proper disinfectant directions.
*Continue to advise volunteers to practice good hygiene (e.g., cover your cough, wash your hands frequently and thoroughly), and take the necessary precautionary measures (e.g., avoid handshakes, social distancing when possible).
*Implement 20-second hand washing, hand sanitizer application, or wearing food safety gloves before handling any produce or packaging.
*Limit the number of people touching produce (when possible, the same volunteer should harvest, package and deliver the same produce from beginning-to-end.)
*Minimize the number of people dropping off produce at an agency, and limit the duration of drop offs.

As the situation evolves, we will communicate any updates and make recommended changes as needed.

In times of crisis, we each have to evaluate our ability to respond and what that might look like. I know it will be different for all of us. Please know, if you can’t volunteer at this time, we understand and want to stay connected. Reach out, drop us a note and let us know how you’re doing!

You can also donate to our Hope & Health campaign (link in bio) to urgently meet the demand for fresh fruits and vegetables to be distributed in our community. Even $5 can help provide enough servings to meet the recommended dietary intake for one person for ten days.

We need each other to get through this and we will. I have no doubt we’ll come out stronger, braver and more unified in our mission to serve.

Thank you for serving with us. (2 of 2).

Dear After the Harvest Volunteers, First, a thank

Dear After the Harvest Volunteers,

First, a thank you. For spending your weekends at the farmers market picking up leftover produce and delivering it to food pantries. Thank you for getting up early on a Tuesday morning and making the drive to a field, orchard or garden (often before the sun rises!) so that we can get the best, healthiest food to those who need it most.

You inspire us in good times and bad to keep doing the work. Now, we need you more than ever.

While many of us adjust to the uncertainty of the coronavirus crisis by staying at home, one thing we know for certain is this: Hunger is not on lockdown. In fact, the threat of food insecurity is on the rise and those who are already vulnerable (seniors, children and those with underlying health concerns) are at greatest risk.

Sign ups are now available on our website for the 2020 gleaning season. In April/May there will be field gleanings but generally with just a handful of people. In June we’re limiting gleanings to 10 or less, for now.
From the bottom of my heart, I’m asking you to step up to the plate so those in need can have something on theirs. I know it is not without risk. (1 of 2).

There is a lot we don't know right now. Here are s

There is a lot we don't know right now. Here are some things we do know:

We are stronger together. #HelpingHeroesKC are everywhere, delivering food, serving meals, and donating money to alleviate hunger and nourish our community.

After the Harvest will continue working with our partners to provide fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables to those most vulnerable during this crisis and those who are on the front lines serving.

We need your help.

Even a small donation of $10 can provide a family of four with ten days of the recommended amount of fruit and vegetable servings. Enough to turn hungry into healthy.

Give health and hope today. Donate on our website or use the donate button above. Thank you!
#hungrytohealthykc #onecommunitykc #strongertogether❤️ #hungerisnotcancelled #nourishhope #foodsecurity #localfood #eatyourveggies #givehealthandhopekc

Did you know? We pick up donated produce at many o

Have you seen our "Glean Machine" out and about to

Have you seen our "Glean Machine" out and about town? Thanks to generous growers like @redfearnfarm, we received and donated 45 lbs of beautiful lettuce, which we delivered to Kansas City Community Kitchen @nourishkc to provide over 200 servings of lettuce for the kitchen's lunch program.

In order to keep the community safe, Kansas City Community Kitchen is packing and distributing to-go lunches for anyone who needs a meal in the area.

Dave and Sheri Redfearn have been generous donors to ATH's Gleaning Program, donating over 1,000 lbs of lettuce, greens, and other produce in 2019 through gleanings, farm pickups, and market pickups.

Like all farmers during this crisis, they want folks to know that they're still growing local produce for their community. Dave says, "We're going to keep planting because we know it won't go to waste." More than ever, it's important to support your local farmer. Please visit their website for more information about their farm and CSA!

#eatlocal #growingforgood #gleaning #onecommunitykc #foodsecurity #supportyourlocalfarmer #covid_19 #coronavirus #helpingheroeskc #hungerisnotcancelled #csa

In celebration of #nationalnutritionmonth in March

In celebration of #nationalnutritionmonth in March…donated #cabbage grown in a #hightunnel or unheated #greenhouse that helps extend the growing season from a grower south of KC. Delivery to the Salvation Army in Olathe @salarmymokan with about half going to be used in their kitchen and the rest distributed through their pantry. More cabbage donations will follow in the next couple of weeks. Thank you so much.
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#gleaningforgood #kcgiving #helpyourneighbor #healthyfood #veggiesinwinter #hungrytohealthy #feedingthehungry #grateful

We’re celebrating National Strawberry 🍓 Day t

We’re celebrating National Strawberry 🍓 Day two days early!! @driscollsberry donated 1,400 lbs. of #strawberries and even delivered them in their high truck for our volunteers 🥰to distribute to 16 agencies in Greater KC. Thanks so much to Driscolls for their generous donation to our hungry neighbors. And thanks to volunteers David Earls, Marsha Toler, Mark Friend, Chely Scarbrough, Susan Brown, Katrina Taggart, Jeff Horn and Tom and Barb Decker who loaded up the berries in a half hour and hit the road! VEG Squader Jeff said that this distribution “was sort of like our spring training”…before gleaning season rolls around in May.
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#donation #givingback #wintertreats #kansascity #volunteersrock #gleaningforgood #finestberries #fightinghunger

It’s not fancy, but it’s sooo fun! Pull on you

It’s not fancy, but it’s sooo fun! Pull on your jeans and scoot your boots to Greens&Jeans, After the Harvest’s county fair fundraiser on June 13 at @faulknersranch. Early Bird tickets on sale now! Save $52 on a pair of tickets. Go to https://bit.ly/2RCIhkr.
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#fundraiser #fundraising #gleaningforgood #countyfair #givingback #charity #nonprofit #goodcause #kansascity #fighthunger #fightfoodwaste #greens&jeans #ontheranch

Check out After the Harvest’s new look on our #n

Check out After the Harvest’s new look on our #newwebsite! We’re so, so excited! Thanks to Health Forward Foundation and @Kansashealthorg for helping to fund the build! Aftertheharvestkc.org
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#websitelaunch #kansascity #reachingout #gleaningforgood #foodrescue #hunger #volunteerkc

Wintertime ❄️☃️ is the best time for ATH t

Wintertime ❄️☃️ is the best time for ATH to connect 🤝with more #farmers to donate extra or grow extra 🍉🥬 just for those in need. VEG Squaders Barb and Tom Decker at the 2020 Great Plains Growers Conference.
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#gleaningforgood #farmersrock #winter #farming #growingfood #producerescue #weloveourvolunteers

When we’re not gleaning, ATH is raising money to

#GivingTuesday is tomorrow! This holiday season, g

We may have just pulled the last turnip of the gle

We may have just pulled the last turnip of the gleaning season!🥳 Join us as we take a deep dive into our Buck$ for Trucks 🚛🚚campaign…raising $40,000 to rescue semi-truckloads of donated produce that is just a little #lessthanperfect and not destined for retailers…but likely to end up in landfills. These nutritious fruits 🍎 and vegetables 🥒 will feed thousands over the holiday season and beyond. Help by fundraising and/or giving. Go to our website to find out how you can help.
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#gleaningforgood #totherescue #healthyfood #turnips #holidaygiving #nofoodwaste #fundraising

Sweet find! 1,342 lbs. of #sweetpotatoes going to

Sweet find! 1,342 lbs. of #sweetpotatoes going to #feedthoseinneed. Thanks St. Isidore’s Garden. .
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#gleaningforgood #gardentreasure #natureisamazing #lateharvest #diggingdeep #feedinghungrypeople #givingspirit #sosweet #freshfromthegarden

Our super hero apple gleaner to the rescue! The fa

Our super hero apple gleaner to the rescue! The families who gleaned harvested 270 lbs., 🙏🥳delivered to Leavenworth Mission Pantry. Gleaning Coordinator Tekia: “They had a few people waiting for the pantry to open when I arrived. I could tell they were very excited to see me bringing fresh apples!” 😊💗
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#gleaningforgood #teenagemutantninjaturtles #appleseason #nofoodwaste #appleofmyeye #helpingourneighbors

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