On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA April-May 2016 | Page 8

Missing Food: It’s in Our
Own Back Yard
S U B M I T T E D B Y A M P L E H A R V E S T. O R G

Gary Oppenheimer is founder and president of AmpleHarvest.org. He and I have
had several conversations since I became
President of GWA. As part of our continuing philosophy and strategic practice of
reaching out to non-profit organizations
that offer growth synergy in membership
or program, I asked Gary to provide the
following article. AmpleHarvest.com can
be part of a bigger team for PAR players.
Let me know what you think (vista6211@
verizon.net) – Kirk R. Brown

AmpleHarvest.org was founded in 2009
to help redirect the flow of perfectly good
food from the waste bin to those that need
it most. We educate, encourage and enable
America’s 42 million gardeners to donate
their excess food to a nearby food pantry.
Our focus is not on farm food waste, but the
secret, oft neglected food from home and
community gardens that is left to rot on the
vine, wilt in the refrigerator or is fed to the
compost pile. We’ve found that this food
is a major source of food waste in America
and has the potential to have a huge impact
on hunger in America.

THE SORRY STATS OF WASTE
In May 2015, AmpleHarvest.org set out
to uncover just how much foo