Harvest for the Hungry: Gleaning at Beltsville

Organizations receive high-quality produce to enhance their food distribution programs.

School groups and other non-profit organizations have an educational experience and an opportunity to help the needy.

• How to participate in the harvest
• How to receive donations of produce
• More about the program
• Approximate availablility dates

To participate in the harvest, contact

• ARS National Visitors Center, 301-504-9403
• Food For Others - Pam Koch, 703-207-9173

Your group will

• tour the research center
• meet BARC
• learn about BARC research
• end the day by harvesting for the hungry.

BARC provides the fields, ice water, parking, and picking containers.

Bring comfortable clothes, gloves, shoes that can get dirty, and a hat. This is an outside activity and is weather dependent

To receive donations of produce, contact

• Food For Others - Pam Koch, 703-207-9173
• (Organizations must be able to provide transportation for the produce.)

More About the Program

Beltsville's Harvest for the Hungry was started in 1995 to recover excess produce and distribute it to needy organizations throughout the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore area.

Each year about 75,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables are harvested by church groups, schools, and other non-profit organizations.

The high-quality produce is grown in continuing support of research programs at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.

Approximate Availability Dates