People’s Gardens Donate 1 Million Pounds of Produce

As the harvest season comes to a close, the People’s Garden has a lot to be thankful for this year. Last week, the initiative’s "Share Your Harvest" effort passed the one million pound mark of fresh produce donated to local food banks and charities across the country. To date, the People’s Garden has donated 578,269 pounds of produce from gleaning and 513,717 pounds from gardens, for a total of 1,091,986 pounds. The produce collected this year came from 200 vegetable gardens and 30 gleaning projects. (USDA blog) Read more.