By Gabrielle Orta Roman
Rachel’s Table is expanding its ability to recover fresh produce from local farms with the addition of a new gleaning vehicle, a resource that Director of Program Strategy Cara Michelle Silverberg says will help the nonprofit reach more farms and better serve communities facing food insecurity across western Massachusetts.
For years, the Springfield-based nonprofit’s gleaning program relied on staff members and volunteers using their own vehicles to reach participating farms, a system that often limited where crews could go and how much produce they could transport.