The Gleaning Network is a Foodrise project

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Contents

The Toolkit
1. What is in this toolkit?
Food Waste on Farms

The different reasons that lead to food waste on farms
1. Types and causes of farm level food waste
2. Where and when does waste occur?
Farmers & Growers

How to find and talk to prospective farmers
Volunteers

How to recruit and manage your gleaning volunteers
Redistribution

Getting your gleaned produce out into the community
Equipment

Tools and equipment for your gleaning day
1. What to bring on a glean
Health & Safety

As you will be working on farms, it's important to get your head around the health and safety aspects of the day
How to stay organised

The important admin to keep your hub organised
How to Organise a Gleaning Day

An overview of organising a gleaning day.
Health & Safety Checklist

A printable checklist with all H&S info
Fundraising Advice

Thematic areas for funders
Training and Resources

To help you getter better equipped at running, funding and resourcing your gleaning group
1. How to set up a gleaning group
Principles of Gleaning

Principles to adhere to when running gleaning activities

How to Run a Gleaning Day

A farmer has told you there is produce to be gleaned

Secure a date and time And ask the farmer...

Source the appropriate packing equipment & transport for produce

Send out time-bound expression of interest call out to your volunteer mailing list Ask volunteers for...

Select the recommended number of volunteers based on location to farm and transport Make sure to...

Send out email to recruited volunteers with key info for the day

Run the glean!

Calculate how much food was harvested

Collect feedback from volunteers

Make sure produce reaches recipient organisations

Log relevant data

Send thank you emails to farm and volunteers + upload social media post

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