What do gleaners do? Gleaners harvest excess produce from farms and farmers’ markets to feed people instead of landfills!

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The following are photos of the Central Maine Gleaners Group in action

We recover excess produce from the Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market every Thursday May-November

Steve Knight (left) and Scott McAdoo (right) weighing apples

Lass Von Appen sporting a nice fall pumpkin

Most farmers’ market produce is delivered to the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter and Services in Waterville

Samantha Cottone (left) and Alan Douin (right) packing carrots

“The Gleaners” painting by Jean-François Millet

“The Central Maine Gleaners” photo by Linda Woods

(left to right) Alan Douin, Scott McAdoo, Steve Knight

Alan recovers roughly 8,568 pounds of food per year from MaineGeneral Medical Center

Alan Douin (right) delivering food to Kevin Lambert (left) of the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter

Gleaning blueberries in August from Pine Acres Farm in Skowhegan

Steve Knight picking berries

Jared Grenier enjoying the shade

We gleaned 50 pounds of blueberries for the Waterville Food Bank

Jared Grenier picking berries

(left to right) Samantha Cottone, Jared Grenier, Steve Knight

Gleaning 20 pounds of wild blackberries at Karen’s Cabin in Hartland for the Winslow Community Cupboard

Jared Grenier harvesting blackberries

Apple gleaning in October from The Apple Farm in Fairfield with a wonderful crew!

(left to right) Linda Woods, Susan MacKenzie, Steve Knight, Michael Donihue

Daisy Grenier, our apple taste tester

Steve and Susan working together

(left to right) Michael, Steve, and Susan -

We gleaned 563 pounds of apples for the Alfond Youth and Community Center in Waterville

Lass Von Appen in action with the apple picker

Vera Maheu pumping iron, or this case, an apple picker!

Linda Woods sporting a nice safety orange hat

Garden beds not rented at North Street Community Garden in Waterville are planted for the community

Happy produce off to the Homeless Shelter

Garlic gleaned from Scott Price of Walden Bean Farm was planted at the Winslow Community Garden for the community

Winslow Community Garden on Dallaire Street

Samantha Cottone

Samuel McClean

Samantha Cottone planting garlic cloves

Interested in giving back to the earth and our neighbors? The Central Maine Gleaners Group is happy to welcome you to our team. Email or call Steve Knight to learn more

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