http://richardgross.net "The beauty of the images moves me to contemplation, as a meadow delights the eyes and subtly infuses the soul with the glory of God." -- St. John Damascene Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://richardgross.net/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-568 Carol Breitinger Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:45:50 +0000 http://richardgross.net/?p=295#comment-568 Thank you, Richard, for making your readers aware of the important hunger-relief work of the Society of St. Andrew. For those who don't know us: The Society of St. Andrew (SoSA) is a national faith-based nonprofit hunger relief organization. Its national headquarters are in Central Virginia, where it was founded 30 years ago. SoSA is the largest gleaning organization in the nation. With the help of 30,000-40,000 volunteers each year SoSA gleans 20-30 million pounds of excess fresh produce every year and donates it to food banks, pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other critical feeding agencies. Gleaning in farm fields and orchards is done in 20 states and SoSA delivers bulk loads of donated produce, primarily potatoes, to all 48 contiguous states. Since it began gleaning, the Society of St. Andrew has saved more than 600 million pounds of perfectly good, fresh produce that would have gone to waste because it was not commercially marketable — it was left in fields after the harvest or it was culled out because it was the wrong shape, size, color or had minor blemishes. This food would have rotted in the fields or been dumped in landfills, but instead, it provided 1.8 billion servings of nourishing food to the nation’s hungry. You can learn more about the Society of St. Andrew and how to help bridge the gap between perfectly good food that goes to waste and the hungry who don’t have enough to eat: http://www.endhunger.org. Thank you, Richard, for making your readers aware of the important hunger-relief work of the Society of St. Andrew. For those who don’t know us:
The Society of St. Andrew (SoSA) is a national faith-based nonprofit hunger relief organization. Its national headquarters are in Central Virginia, where it was founded 30 years ago. SoSA is the largest gleaning organization in the nation. With the help of 30,000-40,000 volunteers each year SoSA gleans 20-30 million pounds of excess fresh produce every year and donates it to food banks, pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other critical feeding agencies. Gleaning in farm fields and orchards is done in 20 states and SoSA delivers bulk loads of donated produce, primarily potatoes, to all 48 contiguous states. Since it began gleaning, the Society of St. Andrew has saved more than 600 million pounds of perfectly good, fresh produce that would have gone to waste because it was not commercially marketable — it was left in fields after the harvest or it was culled out because it was the wrong shape, size, color or had minor blemishes. This food would have rotted in the fields or been dumped in landfills, but instead, it provided 1.8 billion servings of nourishing food to the nation’s hungry. You can learn more about the Society of St. Andrew and how to help bridge the gap between perfectly good food that goes to waste and the hungry who don’t have enough to eat: http://www.endhunger.org.

]]> http://richardgross.net/?page_id=152&cpage=1#comment-164 Richard Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:30:21 +0000 http://richardgross.net/?page_id=152#comment-164 Well, thank you. I'd like to say the best way to keep up with it is to visit often, but it probably doesn't get updated enough to justify that. However, it does incorporate RSS functionality. Just click the RSS button and you can get a notification in your email reader when something new is posted. The next part of Resolving Resolution is going into print later this month (June 2010) and will be posted on this website after it appears in print. Well, thank you. I’d like to say the best way to keep up with it is to visit often, but it probably doesn’t get updated enough to justify that. However, it does incorporate RSS functionality. Just click the RSS button and you can get a notification in your email reader when something new is posted. The next part of Resolving Resolution is going into print later this month (June 2010) and will be posted on this website after it appears in print.

]]> http://richardgross.net/?page_id=152&cpage=1#comment-155 Albert Liford Mon, 31 May 2010 15:39:51 +0000 http://richardgross.net/?page_id=152#comment-155 I must say, I enjoy reading your blog. Maybe you could tell me how I can keeping up to date with it? By the way I discovered this website through MSN. I must say, I enjoy reading your blog. Maybe you could tell me how I can keeping up to date with it? By the way I discovered this website through MSN.

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