When Morgan Duncan first heard about Willing Hands, she was immediately drawn to the idea of gleaning produce from local farms to feed food-insecure community members. But she was nervous to get involved. With some gentle encouragement from her manager at King Arthur Baking Company, she took the leap and attended her first volunteer session. […]
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John Collier is fascinated by blueberries. It’s been that way since he was a child growing up in the Catskills near a mountaintop carpeted in lowbush blueberries. When his family moved to New Hampshire, they brought some of the bushes along, and bought some high bushes to add to the mix. Fast forward a few
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Jane & Charlie A few years ago, Jane Finlay and Charlie Lindner crouched over a row of kale at a local farm. It was 40 degrees and raining, but they were determined to glean every last leaf. Jane and Charlie, who have been volunteering with Willing Hands since they retired in 2018, laugh as they
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Annabelle Waters Steele can still hear her father’s words: “Be of service to the world.” The mantra took on new meaning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Annabelle, who is a yoga teacher, couldn’t serve the community through her normal route. She saw an invitation to glean strawberries with Willing Hands at 4 Corners Farm in Newbury,
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Dear Friends, Long gone are the days when Willing Hands experienced a “slow time” of year! Even in the cold of January, we are busy moving food, connecting with partners, engaging volunteers (though of course most volunteer events are concentrated in the warmer months!), and evaluating all of our programs so that we can do
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What is Gleaning, Anyway? It’s no secret that the Upper Valley has a lot of farms. Vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs–you name it, we’ve got it. (Okay, except citrus. Oh well.) All of these farms work hard to plan their growing seasons. But unsurprisingly, it’s difficult to plan exactly how much produce to grow or meat
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