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Have a backyard full of more zucchini than you can possibly handle? Instead of tossing it, a local group is encouraging people to donate it.

The High Desert Food & Farm Alliance is looking for donations of produce from local gardeners, farmers and owners of fruit trees. HDFFA’s Grow & Give program allows people with an overabundance of produce to donate it to people in need. HDFFA is also running an on-farm gleaning program, in which volunteers harvest excess produce directly from fruit trees, gardens and farms.

The Grow & Give program has already collected more than 6,000 pounds of local produce for the local food bank, NeighborImpact, but has a goal of collecting at least 15,000 pounds for the year. People interested in donating fresh produce can contact info@hdffa.org or call at 541-390-3572.   

This article appears in Aug 7-14, 2019.

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A Drive for More Fresh Produce

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 7, 2019

<h1>A Drive for More Fresh Produce</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 7, 2019</p> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">H</span>ave a backyard full of more zucchini than you can possibly handle? Instead of tossing it, a local group is encouraging people to donate it. </p> <p> The <a href="https://hdffa.org" target="_blank">High Desert Food &amp; Farm Alliance</a> is looking for donations of produce from local gardeners, farmers and owners of fruit trees. HDFFA's Grow &amp; Give program allows people with an overabundance of produce to donate it to people in need. HDFFA is also running an on-farm gleaning program, in which volunteers harvest excess produce directly from fruit trees, gardens and farms. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/andersondotcom/5356578968/.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lilb1.1-5221dca22167322d.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-43611" /></a></figure> <p> The Grow &amp; Give program has already collected more than 6,000 pounds of local produce for the local food bank, NeighborImpact, but has a goal of collecting at least 15,000 pounds for the year. People interested in donating fresh produce can contact <a href="mailto:info@hdffa.org" target="_blank">info@hdffa.org</a> or call at 541-390-3572.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/a-drive-for-more-fresh-produce-10912879/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=43603&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/a-drive-for-more-fresh-produce-10912879/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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