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Taste the rainbow! Produce donated by NJ farms & gleaned by Farmers Against Hunger
  • Farmers Against Hunger recovers 1.4 million pounds of surplus produce annually (diverting food waste and helping provide healthy meals to those in need). 
  • ~8000 people weekly receive produce donations from Farmers Against Hunger.
  • 75+ organizations (soup kitchens, food pantries, and food banks) partner to distribute the food.
  • 60+ farms, grocery stores and wholesale produce suppliers donate to Farmers Against Hunger. 
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"The Gleaners" is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet, completed in 1857. It depicts three peasant women gleaning ​a field of stray grains of wheat after the harvest.
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"Gleaners of Farmers Against Hunger" is a photo taken in 2015. It depicts two women, Kris and Elyse, gleaning a field of stray peppers after the harvest.

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1200 Florence Columbus Road, Bordentown, NJ 08505