Share Your Harvest!

In partnership with Utahns Against Hunger, Wasatch Community Gardens encourages local gardeners to donate food to those in need by providing a list of food pantries in our area, along with donation times and pantry specific donation information. There are thousands of families and people in need in our communities who do not have access to all the healthy treats that many of us are knee deep in this time of year. Please help us in our efforts to get healthy local produce to everyone who wants it, and take care of your over-abundance at the same time. Please remember all the pantries on the list will take donations of other items too, so call and see what else you can do for your fellow community members. Now, here are some suggestions to make your donation experience as quick, easy, and delightful as possible.

• Please wash and bag or box like veggies together (individual servings makes things easier, too).

• Call your local food pantry before bringing donations to make sure your donation can be accommodated, especially if you are bringing less familiar or unusual veggies or fruit (i.e. cooking greens, turnips, baking apples, small plums, etc.)

• Bringing copies of a recipe to share for more unusual vegetables may also be helpful - check with the food pantry about this.

• Earlier in the week is usually better for donating produce especially quick-wilting greens.

• Here is a list of food pantries in our area and donation information for each, updated most recently on Aug. 2, 2009. If you have any questions about donating, please contact Utahns Against Hunger by calling 801-328-2561 or 1-800-453-FOOD (6336). Or visit their website: www.uah.org

• If you live outside of Salt Lake County and wish to donate in your area, please visit: www.ampleharvest.org