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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.

You butternut miss this week's Food for Thought Fr

You butternut miss this week's Food for Thought Friday: Winter squash! These include acorn, autumn cup, banana, butternut, delicata and spaghetti squash.
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So what's the difference between winter and summer squash? Winter are generally picked when completely mature, and got their name because they store well during long, cold winters, which is when most people eat them.
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And in case you're wondering, the leaves, tendrils, shoots, stems, flowers, seeds and fruit from the squash can all be eaten.
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Last year After the Harvest gleaned 85,171 pounds of winter squash!
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Pre-pandemic, the @aacrao identified food and hous

Pre-pandemic, the @aacrao identified food and housing insecurity as a top barrier to student non-completion, suggesting millions of students may not have completed their degree because they lacked healthy meals and a stable home. After the pandemic hit, a staggering three out five college students faced basic needs insecurity.

With that in mind, we met with Avila's Lindsay and Kaila with the @feedyourfriend1. They currently serve about 50 households a month, and are excited to start featuring local farm-fresh produce in the center table every week starting this summer!
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Food for Thought Friday: Watermelons are big globe

Food for Thought Friday: Watermelons are big globes of surprises. Not only is watermelon Oklahoma's state vegetable (yeah, vegetable!), they contain lycopene which has shown to lower risk of prostate, stomach and lung cancer, and they come in 1,200 different varieties. But most importantly, the entire thing can be eaten!
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Next time you get a watermelon, you can help reduce food waste! You can pickle, stir-fry or stew the rind. And those seeds? Instead of spitting them out, you can roast them like pumpkin seeds, or plant them and grow your own tasty watermelon, even furthering your food-waste impact!
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Last season, we gleaned 128,268 pounds of watermelon that were distributed to agencies all over our community.
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Nutrition is a critical component to a healthy lif

Nutrition is a critical component to a healthy life. For #children, food insecurity is particularly devastating.

Not having enough healthy food can have serious implications for a child’s physical and #mentalhealth, academic achievement, and future economic prosperity.

According to @feedingamerica there is an association between food insecurity and delayed development in young children; risk of chronic illnesses like #asthma and anemia; and behavioral problems like hyperactivity, #anxiety, and #aggression in school-age children.

Through our wide distribution of produce through our truckloads program and with community partners like @operationbreakthrough, @caringforkidskc, and @growingfutureseec we are able to provide thousands of children with farm-fresh, nutritious produce.
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Our trucks are full and so are our hearts! 🍎💛

Thank you so much for helping us bring good health home to Kansas City! We reached our Buck$ for Trucks goal! We are looking forward to feeding our community and hoping for a safe 2021!
#letsfilltrucks #bucksfortrucks
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You. Are. Amazing! Thanks to your kindness and com

You. Are. Amazing! Thanks to your kindness and compassion for our community, and an incredibly generous donor, we have surpassed our goal of $25,000 in our Buck$ for Trucks campaign (we're now at over $40,500!). This means we can rescue thousands of pounds of nutritious fruits and vegetables and provide them to the most vulnerable populations of our community through our truckloads program. 💛

But why stop there? The more money we raise, the more immunity boosts we can provide to families, seniors citizens and children in our community: link in bio

Remember-- under the CARES Act, all taxpayers are eligible for up to a $300 deduction for money donated to a charity in 2020.
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Just ✌️ days left to help us fill trucks with

Just ✌️ days left to help us fill trucks with nutrition and deliver them to our hungry neighbors.

Donate now: link in bio.

Remember-- under the CARES Act, all taxpayers are eligible for up to a $300 deduction for money donated to a charity in 2020.
#letsfilltrucks #bucksfortrucks
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More than providing the most nutritious part of th

More than providing the most nutritious part of thousands of meals across Greater Kansas City, we’re in line to get a thank you note from the environment 🌎

Did you know that many of the trucks we secure and bring to Kansas City could end up in landfills where produce is compressed and creates greenhouse gases.

According to the @FDA, food waste in the United States is estimated at between 30%–40% of the food supply. Wasted food is the single largest category of material placed in municipal landfills and represents nourishment that could have helped feed families in need.

With your support, we can help those families in need in our community! Every dollar counts: link in bio.

Remember-- under the CARES Act, all taxpayers are eligible for up to a $300 deduction for money donated to a charity in 2020.
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We’re sooo close to reaching our goal we can tas

We’re sooo close to reaching our goal we can taste it!

There’s still time to donate your 💰 to help us fill 🚚 with nutrition and deliver them to our hungry neighbors.

And remember: under the CARES Act, all taxpayers are eligible for up to a $300 deduction for money donated to a charity in 2020.

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From all of us at After the Harvest, we wish you w

From all of us at After the Harvest, we wish you warmth, health and the best during the holidays. Thank you for your support in helping us feed Kansas City! ❤️
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There was no way to prepare for what 2020 brought

There was no way to prepare for what 2020 brought us, but we can prepare for 2021.

As we close out one of the toughest years in history, we are hoping next year is easier, but we are preparing in case we're not so lucky. With your support, we can get as much produce to Kansas City as possible.

The more bucks you give for trucks, the more hungry people we can feed in our community: link in bio.
#letsfilltrucks #bucksfortrucks
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There are just 12 days left to give💰 for 🚚,

There are just 12 days left to give💰 for 🚚, so we decided to do a little remix of a holiday classic.

Help us fill trucks with nutrition for hungry people in Greater Kansas City: link in bio.

Under the CARES Act, all taxpayers are eligible for up to a $300 deduction for money donated to a charity in 2020.
#letsfilltrucks #bucksfortrucks
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Think you know all about #apples? Well, did you kn

Think you know all about #apples? Well, did you know that each 🍎 is an excellent morning or after-school snack for one of the kids served by our many partner agencies, including @growingfutureseec and @operationbreakthrough. And, more than just flat out being tasty, every delicious bite is good for their teeth too!

With your $100 donation, we can get a bushel of these babies and provide 1,600 healthy snacks for the littles whose families frequent food pantries in Greater Kansas City.

Want to learn how fresh produce is nourishing hungry children? Check out our website: link in bio

Help us fill trucks with bucks of nutrition for hungry people in Greater Kansas City: link in bio
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Many of the agencies who receive our produce suppo

Many of the agencies who receive our produce support the elderly.

That’s how we met Joyce Johnson, who is 79 and lives in a fixed-income apartment in KCMO. If it weren’t for After the Harvest, Joyce says, she would rarely have the luxury of eating farm-fresh produce.

To learn more about Joyce and her relationship with After the Harvest in our latest blog: link in bio
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How about that weather, huh? 🌡️ 2020 has cert

How about that weather, huh? 🌡️ 2020 has certainly been a... different year.

We had such great weather last week that we are able to continue gleaning! Our volunteers harvested 223 pounds of purple daikon, black Spanish radishes, cabbage, arugula and greens from two different farms.

We are so grateful to our farmers! They have really made a difference when so many people needed it most. Thank you for helping feed Kansas City!
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Providing fresh produce to hungry people is a priv

Providing fresh produce to hungry people is a privilege for all of us at After the Harvest. It’s even more humbling to do this work during a global pandemic when so many more people are struggling to get good nutrition. A growing number of children and senior are among those struggling.

Your passion to give is powerful, and that energy translates to helping us boost the immunity of our community when it’s needed most. ❤️

This time of year when we can't glean, you can help us fill trucks with nutrition for hungry people in Greater Kansas City: link in bio
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Santa came early this year! And by Santa, we mean

Santa came early this year! And by Santa, we mean Bates County Produce, made up of 40-some family farmers. 🎅

Thanks to them we have over 37,000 pounds!! of squash--spaghetti and butternut--to distribute throughout our community, just in time for the holidays!

We'll be reaching out to our partners with larger capacity to share with those in need as well as supplementing some big food distribution events and mobile pantries.
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With your help we’ve raised nearly $7,000 toward

With your help we’ve raised nearly $7,000 toward our goal of $25,000 ❤️ By reaching our goal, your kindness will help us provide more than 160,000 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables to the 1 in 4 children who are projected to be food insecure by the end of this year.

Give yourselves a high five for helping us boost the immunity of our community during this global pandemic. ✋💪 Especially now, we couldn’t get healthy food to hungry people without you!

Haven’t donated yet? Go see for yourself how your friends are helping us fill trucks with bucks of nutrition for hungry people in Greater Kansas City: link in bio.
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Food for Thought Friday: Did you know that turnips

Food for Thought Friday: Did you know that turnips were a staple food in Ancient Greece and Rome? They were really onto something, because turnips are a rich source of dietary fibers, vitamins C and potassium. The greens (leafy part of the plant) contain more nutrients compared to the root, with vitamins B6, E, K, A and C and minerals such as calcium, copper, iron and manganese.

And can you believe that 100g of fresh root has only 28 calories! 😲

This year alone, After the Harvest volunteers have gleaned 3,904lbs (just shy of 2 tons 😲) of turnips that were distributed to hungry families all over Kansas City! 💜
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Thank You For Making Giving Tuesday Count! ❤️

Thank You For Making Giving Tuesday Count! ❤️

Your kindness on Giving Tuesday was the perfect kickoff to Buck$ for Trucks, our annual effort to raise funds to rescue truckloads of produce from being wasted and bring them to Kansas City to nourish food-insecure families.

You gave $6,816 leading up to and on Giving Tuesday, putting us over a quarter of the way to our $25,000 goal by year's end.

Your help is more critical now than ever as 40% of people seeking help during the pandemic are relying on a charitable food system for the first time.

You can donate through Dec. 31.

Donate to Buck$ for Trucks now: link in bio.
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