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Food For Thought
An estimated 100 billion pounds of food, enough to totally eliminate hunger, is thrown away annually in the United States. It does not have to be this way - and you can help.
Your support of the AmpleHarvest.org Campaign helps many more food pantries receive fresh produce - improving community health while also helping the environment.


 

AmpleHarvest.org In the News




Print and Electronic Publications

The Flat Hat (VA) - "Alumna honored as CNN Hero"
Scripps Howard News Service (US)- "The Gardener Within: Sharing the bounty"
Boston Globe (MA)- "Linking backyard farmers to needy food pantries"
AIM Newspaper (NJ) - "West Milford based Ample Harvest is finalist for "Oscar-like" charity award"
Suburban Trends (NJ) - "West Milford's own Ample Harvest campaign up for nationally-recognized award"
Pascack Valley Community Life (NJ) - "Giving fresh produce to help neighbors in need"
Herald News Media (AL) - "Ample Harvest" - sharing excess garden production with those in need
New Jersey Star Ledger (NJ) - "Harvesting Hope" (scanned - 6.3 mb)
Argus-Press (MI) - "Hunger Network backs national effort"
San Antonio American-Statesman (TX) - "Gardens' bountiful harvests can feed the community"
San Francisco Chronicle (CA) - "Good Produce to Spare? Donate to Alameda County Food Bank"
Glouster Township Patch (NJ) - "Donate Backyard Garden Surplus to Local Pantry"
New Jersey Municipalities Magazine (NJ) - "Connecting Home Gardeners with Area Food Pantries"
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA) - "Share the harvest"
VFW News and Events - "AmpleHarvest.org Joins With Backyard Farmers to Fight Hunger."
Times Daily (FL/AL) - "Organization links food pantries with gardeners"
New Jersey Star Ledger (NJ) - "Harvesting Hope" online version without some photos
San Diego Jewish Journal (CA) - "The Fairy GOODmother"
The Journal Gazette (IN) - "Area food banks ready to accept gardeners' bounty"
AIM West Milford (NJ) - "West Milford's Ample Harvest to aid oil-spill ravaged Gulf Region"
Valley Independent Sentinel (CT) - "Site Connects Pantries, Fresh Food"
Dallas Farmers Market Examiner (TX) - "AmpleHarvest announces new iPhone app "
Trendhunter Magazine (national)- Charitable iPhone Apps - Ample Harvest Fills Real Life Pantries"
Indiana's Food For The Hungry (IN) - "Ask The Expert"
The Roanoke Times (VA) - "Share the Spare to benefit food pantry"
Bergen Record (NJ) - "Generous Gardeners add 211 and iPhone app contacts"
TCPalm (FL) - "Monday Chat: Treasure Coast Food Bank's new leader wants to promote 'Ample Harvest,' a community garden program"
Suburban Trends (NJ) - "Food pantry directory made mobile"
Daily American (PA) - "Gardeners Urged To Share Food"
Greensburg Daily News (IN) - "Local Gardeners Can Help Food Pantry With Harvest"
Pascack Valley (NJ) - "Gardeners & food pantries connect"
Fort Wayne News Sentinel (TX)) - "iPhone app connects growers, food pantries "
New Brunswick Home News Tribune (NJ) - "The Spirit of Thanks and Giving"
The News Sentinel (IN) - "Web site a resource for food pantries - Gardener created site to help others find places to donate their harvests."
Puppetgov.com - "Your Opportunity To Share Your Garden Bounty With Neighbors In Need"
Rodale (US) - "World Food Day: Your Backyard Garden Can Help End Hunger"
The West Milford Messenger (NJ) - "Ample Harvest - West Milford's award-winning cornucopia"
Bergen Record (NJ) - "Food pantries to reap bounty of excess harvest" (1.4 mb)
Bangor Daily News (ME) - "Pantry hopes gardeners will share extra produce"
Aim West Milford (NJ) - "Local gardeners fight hunger with AmpleHarvest "
Greenwood Today (SC) - "Food Bank Joins Campaign to Link Local Gardeners with Food Pantries"
Dallas Farmers Market Examiner (TX) - "AmpleHarvest helps home gardeners feed communities"
Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA) - "AmpleHarvest connects backyard farmers with local food pantries"
Bergen Record Editorial (NJ) - "No Picnic"
Pittsburgh Post Gazette (PA) - "Local Flavor: Community goodwill is found amoung fruit"
Association of Arizona Food Banks (AZ) - (press release)
Suburban Trends (NJ) - Community gardens' cornucopia to be shared with nation's hungry
Brandenton Herald (FL) - "Hope Center: Homegrown end to hunger"
Sentinel (NJ) - "Spotswood food pantry seeking gardeners' help"
WHIG (IL) - "Madonna House joins Ample Harvest food campaign"
Belleview News Democrat (MO)- "Area food pantries experience 'skyrocketing' demand for goods"
Rotary International (US)- "Food for Thought - AmpleHarvest.org"
Op-Ed piece (NJ) - "Sharing backyard bounty to fight hunger"(1.3 mb)
Star News (NC) - CONSCIENCE: Web site can bring veggies to food banks and pantries
The Seattle Times (WA) - "Hopelink opens new food bank designed like a grocery store"
West Milford Messenger (NJ) - "AmpleHarvest.org connecting hungry with local food assistance"
Courier News (NJ) - "Local Food Pantry Hopes to Link with Local Gardners to Feed the Hundry"
FreshPlaza: Global Fresh Produce and Banana News- "US: National Gardening Association partners with AmpleHarvest.org"
Suburban Trends (NJ)- "Ample Harvest campaign to get award "
Southwest Virginia Today (VA)- "US: Food bank search engine"
Vero Beach Press-Journal (FL)- "Garden Tips: Sometimes it takes just a garden to help a village"
Star Current (MN)- "Help others with homegrown produce"
Southwest Advance (MI)- "Family Network relocates, continues fight against hunger"
TriCounty Leader (TX)- "Troup pantry looks to share garden harvest"
The Day (CT) - "Soup kitchen joins national gardening effort"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Focus of Public Television's: Growing A Greener World"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Announces "Centerpieces for Pantries" Initiative"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Announced as Winner of the Glynwood “2011 Wave of the Future” Award"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Named Top 25 Finalist in the Third Annual "Stay Classy" Philanthropic Awards Competition"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Marks Its Two Year Anniversary"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces Special Outreach in Tornado Ravaged Alabama"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces Android App for AmpleHarvest.org"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces Partnership with the National Council of Churches"
PR- USA - "Infinity Insurance and AmpleHarvest.org Launch Virtual Food Drive"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces iPhone App for AmpleHarvest.org"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Site Now Helps the Hungry Find United Way 2-1-1 Resources"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Focuses Efforts On Gulf States Region"
PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Helping More Than 1,000 Food Pantries in 150 Days"
PR- USA - "New website enables loval food pantries to get freshly picked produce from local backyard gardener's"
PR- USA - "National Gardening Association Partners with AmpleHarvest.org Enabling Local Food Pantries to Get Fresh Produce"
Aim West Milford (NJ) - "Community Garden Surplus To Go To The Needy" (no longer online)
Business Week (NY) - "iPhone app connects growers, food pantries (no longer online)"
The Salt Lake Tribune (UT) - "Pantries accepting garden produce (no longer online)"
Charlotte Observer (NC) - "Student donates produce to ministry (no longer online)"
The Detroit News (MI)- "Good Stuff - One Good Program (no longer online)"
News Herald (NC) - (local announcement) (no longer online)
NorthJersey.com - "Food pantries to reap bounty of excess harvest (no longer online)"


As A Resource

Environmental Protection Agency (epa.gov): Food Donation: Feed People - Not Landfills
United We Serve (serve.gov): Sharing an Ample Harvest
USDA's "Let's Glean! / United We Servive Toolkit"
Alabama Cooperative Extension (Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities) "AmpleHarvest.org" - sharing excess garden production with those in need.
Northeast Iowa Food & Fitness Initiative: "AMPLEHARVEST.ORG: SHARING YOUR GARDEN BOUNTY WITH NEIGHBORS IN NEED"
Indiana's (Purdue U) Food For The Hungry Newsletter
Points of Reference (American Library Assocation): Where to send all that zuccini [sic]
San Antonio Food Policy Initiative
North Dakota Department of Agriculture (page6)
Virginia Tech - National Nutrition Month
Second Harvest Heartland Food Bank
Oakland Food Policy Council
Food First - Institute for Food and Development Policy
Food First - Connecting Gardeners with Their Local Food Banks and Pantries
Lynn County Local Food System
Mitzvah Market - Donate left over food
University of Maryland Extension (no longer online)
Mitzva Market - Donate left over food


References in Published Books

More Than Me" - entire chapter starting on page 137
Homesteading: A Backyard Guide To: Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More (Google eBook) - Reference in the appendex
American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It) (Google eBook) - Reference in page 138
The Call of the Land (2nd Edition) - An Agrarian Primer for the 21st Century (Google eBook) - Reference in page 162