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Gleaning of Farmers' Fields

	When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap the very edges of your fields, or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and for the stranger." Leviticus 19:9 - 10
Gleaning is more than just salvaging or scrounging. It matches an abundance of foodstuffs with an abundance of human resource to create better and more nutritious meals for the ill, the homeless and the hungry. What the world would quickly label 'waste', the Lord would use to feed the Body and Soul of His people. COMPAssion In Action - COMPA Food Bank Ministry Project Glean Click on pictures for larger image. St Mark September 2007 group depicted.
Nearly 80% of the food COMPA receives and gives is food which has "fallen through the cracks" in our country's food delivery system. The food from COMPA feeds about 7,000 families each week. A large part of this comes from literally gleaning the fields of farms around the state after the mechanized harvesting is done. If we don't collect this wholesome food, it will be tilled back into the ground and lost. The farms generously give us a window of time to collect this second harvest for needy families in Colorado. Some is distributed fresh and some is canned. The food put up this way can help feed families all winter through the food banks.
Agenda for September: See the bulletin for date/times. We meet at St Mark then drive to Compa Food Ministry Warehouse to receive farm destination and crop.
Ministry Contact:	Contact's Email: socialjustice@stmarkhighlandsranch.org
Last Updated: 9/16/2007 8:10 PM