Packing produce for donation

Guidelines for growers

• If you have leafy herbs or greens, clip and weigh them as close to donation time as possible.
  

• Refrigerate in a clean baggie with a dry paper towel until you drop them off or donate them.

• Label the baggie with the name of the crop and the weight/count.

• Don’t mix types of produce in the baggie.

• Make sure the food bank or pantry accepts produce. These pantries  accept produce.

• Don’t harvest when you’re sick, and wash your hands before harvesting.

• Only donate high quality and freshly picked produce – no overripe, molding, bruised, insect-damaged or spoiled fruits or veggies.

• Wipe off mud/dirt, but don’t rinse the produce – that can remove a protective coating and cause the produce to spoiler sooner. The pantries/banks rinse all donated produce.