One and a half tonnes of Cherries harvested for Food Charities
The Kent Gleaning Network has harvested 1541 kg of Cherries in East Kent during July and August of this year.
The group is working closely with community groups such as
Deal With It, a green group trying to minimise the impact on the environment,
to give more of the harvest to local communities where it is most needed.
The Networks organiser, Carrie Eales said that it was a
“serious amount of fruit which has now been devoured by some of our region’s
most vulnerable people”
Deal With It have distributed more than 100kgs of the
cherries and other vegetables to the Deal Food Bank, Deal Retired Centre and
many churches who run community cafes.
Shelia Ward of the Deal and District Food Bank said that all
the food distributed by the glean has been “most welcomed” and it has “a real
impact to the families we support.”
The Kent Gleaning Network is an initiative which campaigns
for sustainable food system as feedback from the national group, The Gleaning
Network.
For local organisations enquiries, contact:
The Kent Gleaning Food Network
Tel. Number: 07920 404546
Email: kent@feedbackglobal.org
Deal With It – www.dealwithit.org.uk
Email: info@dealwithit.org.uk
Written for Deal Kent Mercury Online