10. How to Organise a Gleaning Day

A farmer has told you there is produce to be gleaned

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

How much is there to harvest? How many volunteers do you recommend? What is the perishability of the food? What equipment is needed?

Source the appropriate packing equipment & transport for produce

Ask the farmer the farmer & recipient if you can borrow equipment and if they can transport the produce

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

- their location - if they have a car and if so would be willing to support with transport - if they are under 18

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

Match non-drivers with drivers based on location

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

Run the glean!

Take lots of photos!

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