Ample Harvest

While 49 million Americans are hungry or at real risk of being hungry, more than 40 million Americans grow food in home gardens – often more than they can use, preserve or give to friends. To address this, the AmpleHarvest.org Campaign, created in May 2009 by CNN Hero Gary Oppenheimer, diminishes hunger in America by enabling more than 2,600 food pantries across all 50 states to receive this excess garden bounty from local growers. By replacing the salt or sugar laden canned produce usually available at food pantries, the donated garden produce not only feeds the hungry families, it provides for a healthier diet (with reduced long term health care expenditures), it lowers the carbon footprint of the food while also reducing the environmental impact of wasted food.

To support Ample Harvest visit their website at:

AmpleHarvest.org