tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post8329629033503308411..comments2024-03-03T12:52:18.548-05:00Comments on Magpie Musing: GleaningMagpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-78600812324094635322008-10-07T13:49:00.000-04:002008-10-07T13:49:00.000-04:00i love the word 'gleaning' and now i want a bowl f...i love the word 'gleaning' <BR/><BR/>and now i want a bowl full of fresh veggiesMaggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-22247961197846479872008-10-07T13:07:00.000-04:002008-10-07T13:07:00.000-04:00I'm glad it didn't go to waste and that it nourish...I'm glad it didn't go to waste and that it nourished you and your brother and his roommate and whoever else visited! Great story :-)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504992439212714138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-54859581137595627042008-10-07T12:34:00.000-04:002008-10-07T12:34:00.000-04:00This reminds me; I need to see what's left in my o...This reminds me; I need to see what's left in my own garden!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-64520634150533576042008-10-07T11:41:00.000-04:002008-10-07T11:41:00.000-04:00a lot of food suppliers donate to food banks and s...a lot of food suppliers donate to food banks and soup kitchens. i've heard of local restaurants donating excess to shelters, too.<BR/><BR/>but i think there are a lot of "invisible" hungry folks, barely hanging on, who may not have access to free food, or may be too embarassed to ask. i love hip mom's suggestion about anonymous food drops!kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-31391662033182579102008-10-07T09:33:00.000-04:002008-10-07T09:33:00.000-04:00Woman in the window: you can also just buy lots of...Woman in the window: you can also just buy lots of staples and leave them on the porch anonymously. Spaghetti and soup go a long way when you're hungry.Kirsetin Morellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577011959431894169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-20705641713697702332008-10-07T05:00:00.000-04:002008-10-07T05:00:00.000-04:00this reminds me of my constant struggle to get the...this reminds me of my constant struggle to get the right amount for my kids, when I give too little, they are not full... when I give too much, they can't finish and I end up eating what's left behind, I just couldn't bear to see food going down the bin...its just too painful...there are so many out there who couldn't even beg for some...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-27017149150048627322008-10-07T01:05:00.000-04:002008-10-07T01:05:00.000-04:00i was thinking about something like this. on the s...i was thinking about something like this. on the sides of the on and off ramps on the freeway (that was alot of ons) there are tomatoes that roll off the tomato trucks that are hauling them to processing. why doesn't pick them up ? they are still good, just a little dirty. it's so much waste.krystahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12531928118463332366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-79752957916939142062008-10-07T00:22:00.000-04:002008-10-07T00:22:00.000-04:00I wish I could find the reference, but I remember ...I wish I could find the reference, but I remember reading about a (Jewish?) culture where the tradition was to leave the corners of fields unharvested, so that wanderers would be able to find food.Lady Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13360693450146358247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-44569811877152965312008-10-06T23:24:00.000-04:002008-10-06T23:24:00.000-04:00When I was a wee lass, I remember hauling a burlap...When I was a wee lass, I remember hauling a burlap sack larger than I was through a potato field, collecting what had been left behind. I don't know why we were doing this, but I remember feeling it was great fun.<BR/><BR/>We had to run and jump into the car because it couldn't stop or it wouldn't restart - more fun!<BR/><BR/>Some markets will give products from their deli or bakery to homeless shelters, and produce that may still be ripe but is no longer saleable. <BR/><BR/>I wish more would do that, and restaurants, bakeries, and delis, too. They often don't because they are fearful of law suits. Isn't that a shame?<BR/><BR/>Shade and Sweetwater,<BR/>KKyddrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668797984157146798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-80522972567671462732008-10-06T23:20:00.000-04:002008-10-06T23:20:00.000-04:00I love me some fresh veggies!I love me some fresh veggies!Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00625673916138703709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-252078920398296112008-10-06T20:19:00.000-04:002008-10-06T20:19:00.000-04:00I love that.I love that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-60641160115863917402008-10-06T19:41:00.000-04:002008-10-06T19:41:00.000-04:00womaninthe window -- i think you can take food ove...womaninthe window -- i think you can take food over and say, "i have too much, it will go to waste, can you use it?"kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-55719729015375067682008-10-06T19:36:00.000-04:002008-10-06T19:36:00.000-04:00Excellent! It's like our next door neighbor that ...Excellent! It's like our next door neighbor that gave us the last of her zucchini and yellow squash and peppers yesterday and then proceeded to pull up all of her plants. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-9483029915630216432008-10-06T19:06:00.000-04:002008-10-06T19:06:00.000-04:00It's disheartening, really, the misallocation of f...It's disheartening, really, the misallocation of food in our world. Even here. (Now you've got me thinking.) We have a porch full of food, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots. After school the little boy next door came by and said he had no food at home. And here we sit. How do you give food to peers without offending them? Really. I wonder.Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-87497744421065036872008-10-06T17:42:00.000-04:002008-10-06T17:42:00.000-04:00My neighbors have invited us to a cider pressing p...My neighbors have invited us to a cider pressing party...they've encouraged everyone to glean the apples from neighborhood trees and sidewalks (with permission, of course).<BR/> I think it's a great idea!cactus petuniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16114194541917210679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-8844382178619401732008-10-06T15:21:00.000-04:002008-10-06T15:21:00.000-04:00When I was in college, gleaning meant picking thro...When I was in college, gleaning meant picking through the dumpsters behind the grocery stores to take their out of date but not yet truly rotten food.<BR/><BR/>(We were poor, man.)<BR/><BR/>I think I like your way better.Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526629366170486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-39713969081311300792008-10-06T14:04:00.000-04:002008-10-06T14:04:00.000-04:00That must have felt like manna from heaven, return...That must have felt like manna from heaven, returning to the city with garden fresh veggies. Yum.shrink on the couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271891110211081990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-96647800277437022008-10-06T12:30:00.000-04:002008-10-06T12:30:00.000-04:00My sister (who lives outside Philly) told me that ...My sister (who lives outside Philly) told me that every year her neighbor plants a huge garden plot and tends it through the heat of the summer and then lets everything rot. What's the point of that?<BR/><BR/>This weekend I hiked along the river here and saw what I am pretty sure were chokecherry trees, all loaded with fruit. I wonder if tribal members walking through there would feel something like my sister felt, marveling at the waste.Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-45703032036433244772008-10-06T11:06:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:06:00.000-04:00The waste makes one's head hurt. Once food hits a ...The waste makes one's head hurt. Once food hits a plate, and is uneaten, it becomes garbage. Can't get my mind around that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-75621809320548887922008-10-06T10:37:00.000-04:002008-10-06T10:37:00.000-04:00This reminds me that I should go through my own ga...This reminds me that I should go through my own garden and pick the last of the tomatoes.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685766216611639434noreply@blogger.com