
October Gleaning, October Fun
On a Friday night in late-September, hours after our crew had completed the season’s final tomato harvest, I emailed the CSA to announce an annual gleaning opportunity—before handing the tomato rows over to the chickens, we’d give CSA members first dibs. Twelve hours after the email went out, before the Saturday morning pickup had even begun, several members were booking it to the field, armed with bags, determined to fill them. Those expecting loads of ripe tomatoes were dis