We welcome whatever you can give. If you regularly plant too much, the excess will mean a great deal to your community soup kitchen or food pantry. Even if your garden consists only of ornamentals, or a planter on a condo balcony, add a few herbs.
Herbs are welcome because they add nutrients as well as flavor to food.
PAR also encourages you to share flowers with soup kitchen guests and food bank staffers. Even if you have no garden space of your own, you may be able to contribute by spotting sources of fresh produce. For example, look for a farm whose fields you might glean or a neighbor whose orchard fruit you could harvest. Some food banks are in touch with schools, youth groups, and religious organizations that could help you harvest. The produce food pantries and soup kitchens need most is firm clean fruits and durable vegetables.