National Gardening Association Partners with AmpleHarvest.org Enabling Local Food Pantries to Get Freshly Picked Produce from Local Backyard Gardeners Excess Harvest
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They generally do not include fresh produce because of distribution and storage issues leaving food pantry clients with access only to canned vegetables and fruit.Gardeners who want to share part of their harvest are often unable to find local pantries because they typically don’t have yellow page listings or an Internet presence.It is encouraging nursery and garden shop owners to post a flier (available at www.AmpleHarvest.org/downloads/GardenShop.pdf ) near their cash registers or in another conspicuous location to inform their customer about the campaign.According to its founder, Gary Oppenheimer, “In our current economic climate, food pantries need community support more than ever, while at the same time, many people are unable to make monetary donations.NGA’s mission is to advance the personal, community, and educational benefits of gardening by supporting gardeners and teachers with information and resources.To learn more, please visit www.garden.org and www.kidsgardening.org### Contact Information AmpleHarvest.org Gary Oppenheimer 973-409-4093 www.AmpleHarvest.org Click here to view the list of recent Press Releases from AmpleHarvest.org, Inc. Promote Your Business Press Release Pricing Email this page to a friend