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Gleaners fill a bin with squash. Gleaners in two local programs work with farmers and gardeners to harvest leftover produce.

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Moses Lake gleaners ensure food doesn't go to waste
October 29, 2014 6:05 a.m.

Moses Lake gleaners ensure food doesn't go to waste

Gleaners harvest everything from asparagus to zucchini

MOSES LAKE - Sometimes the field, or the orchard, isn't empty when harvest is over. Sometimes a gardener just can't get to all that produce. There's not time or energy to get to it all, but it would be a shame to let it go to waste. There is another alternative, however, and that's to contact the gleaners.