Each year, thousands of gardeners plant extra rows in their gardens and donate the produce to local food banks. These donations have a direct and immediate impact on people's lives and allow food banks to use monetary donations to develop other necessary services. You can get further information on this program by visiting the GWAA web site. Maybe you and your fellow gardeners can develop your own local effort to help the food banks in your area. On your own You don't need to be involved in a big program or project to help those around you.
Gardeners often share the bounty of their gardens with friends, neighbors and relatives.
During the summer months I often find a parade of produce, tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, cabbage, passing by my door. The next time you have extra, why not drop it by your food bank. I can assure you that they, and the people they help, will be very grateful. I often walk through my neighborhood and bemoan the waste of all the fruit that is left to rot. Too often we treat our orange, lemon and grapefruit trees as mere ornamentals.