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Field of Greens Overhaul
Summer is the season of momentum and movement. Urban Gleaners is at the mercy of great agents of change, but we are riding this tidal wave and turning it to our advantage. One of the great changes UG recently underwent was geographical! Our Field of Greens garden has...
read moreThe New Food Waste Protocol
By all accounts, the food industry is working under the assumption that wasting food saves them money in the long run; that always having a full supply store and back-stock is paramount to customers who demand all things at all times. As a customer of restaurants and...
read moreThe Fallacy of Expiration Dates
I sure am thankful for this beautiful Oregon summer we’re having. Gardens are bursting, people are happy and out on the streets, and everything just feels a little more alive when the sun is shining. Unfortunately, in terms of food, this means things ripen like crazy...
read moreThe New TV Dinner
This morning I got to try my hand at making our granola (for Urban Gleaners sister company Tracy's Small-Batch). Okay, so maybe ‘making’ is a bit of an exaggeration. I stirred ingredients together. Still- I helped! It made me think of a recent New York Times article...
read moreGarden Update: June
We can’t help but pat ourselves on the back. Mother nature played a small role, as well as this most recent heat wave, but mostly we succeeded! This past week we pulled in a great harvest of kale (an additional 6 lbs, which doesn’t sound like much but it looks like a...
read moreGarden Update: May
It’s been a while since the last garden post because, well, there hasn’t been much to say. We waited and waited for the first sprouts from our seeds to shoot up. Just when we’d called the garden program a resounding failure, there they were the next day, small and...
read moreNike Employee Grant Fund
Wow, what a week! Back in November Urban Gleaners applied for a grant through the Nike Employee Grant Fund (NEGF) and last week we received a $15,000 check in the mail. It was such a nice surprise that coincided with the sunny turn in the weather. Nike awards the...
read moreMiller/Harken Minimum Wage Debate
As I was writing this blog, I kept trying to make it into two distinct stories. On the one hand, the debate surrounding the minimum wage for food service workers. On the other, the rising price of food due to several forces, including recent inclement weather. As I...
read moreGarden Update: Starts and Seeds are in!
This last week we finally got our starts and seeds in the ground. The Urban Gleaners team spent a morning shopping and agonizing over which items to get at Portland Nursery. We inspected the vegetable starts with time-consuming scrutiny until we were sure we had the...
read moreGarden Plans!
Portland Nursery has generously offered to provide discounted starts and tools, the Urban Gleaners garden get off the ground (or get into the ground) and we’re finally ready to start planting. Or rather, our window is closing and whether we’re ready or not, we're...
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