Packing produce for donation

Guidelines for growers

Important!

Weigh each crop and report your donation by emailing Grow a Row FC or Grow a Row PW or by filling out this form. If you're using the Fresh Food Connect app, you don't need to send a separate report.

• 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.

• Except for herbs, don’t mix types of produce in the baggie.

• Label each baggie with the name of the fruit, veggie or herb.

• 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.