Potato Glean Broadstairs 27th Nov 2025

 

Thank you to 7 volunteers on today massive potato glean with some 980kilos being collected and distributed to food charities in east kent

Many thanks to farmer Geoff for the farm's donation and hosting us. Great to see the Donkeys, Lamas and Reindeer again

This was our 53rd glean of the year ...with running total of 25.6tons collected in 2026

SE Kitchen - Ramsgate Deal Foodbank Deal Pantry Dover Food Pantry Bechange Community Hub The Salvation Army - Deal 101 Social Age UK South Kent Coast Age Concern Sandwich

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Gleaning report for 1st 6months of 2025

Thank you to our 7 gleaners for collecting & distributing a further 576kilos of potatoes today.

So far in 2025's 24 gleans the team have collected some 14tons of produce or about 33k meals.

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Bechange Community Hub Age Concern Sandwich Deal Pantry Age UK South Kent Coast SE Kitchen - Ramsgate Deal Foodbank 101 Social

Foodrise

Potato Glean in Broadstairs 5th June 2025

 

Thank you our volunteers on today's potato glean..

Lovely spuds which had sprouted so a bit more work for us today...we are all honorary members of the amalgamented society of potato polishers now

About 1.8tons collected today by the teams at Deal & Hythe .. going to local food charities and FareShare Kent

Many thanks to all at Elmwood Farm for their support.

So far this year our volunteer gleaners have done 21 gleans with over 11tons collected & distributed to local food charities

Happy #VolunteerWeek #Gleaning

Deal Foodbank Age UK South Kent Coast United Families UK Dover Food Pantry Bechange Community Hub Deal Pantry Age Concern Sandwich SE Kitchen - Ramsgate Leaps & Bounds Sunrise Cafe, Dover
Foodrise Deal Town Council

Apple Gleaning at Worth 17th October 2024

 

Thank you to our 16 volunteers at today's apple glean in Worth - we collected and distributed some 1.3tons to FareShare Kent and local food charities and schools:

• Bechange Community Hub/ Aylesham Pantry
• Deal Foodbank
• Dover Pantry
• Age Concern Sandwich
• Age UK Deal
• Golf Rd Community Centre Cafe
• Landmark Community Centre Cafe
• United Families UK
• Leaps & Bounds
• Pilgrims Hospice QEQM
• SE Kitchen
• Emanus Dover
• Meals Made with Love Thanet
• Bright Sparks Nursery
• Sandown Primary
• Hornbeam Primary
• Beacon Primary
• Kingsdown Primary
• Eyestone Primary
• Warden Primary

If your charity or school would like to get produce please email gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk

This was our 40th glean of the year and so far we have collected and distributed 17 tons of produce

Thanks again to Rory &Verity at Felderland Farm PYO for hosting us again

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Gleaning in Preston 1st Feb 2024

 Thanks to our gleaning volunteers - managed to get back into the field for some cauliflower and broccoli this week with over 350kgs collected

We just worked out the 20.5tons of produce we collected in 2023 over 60 gleans equates to some 48.9k meals! thats a lot

If you  are interested in joining us in the field or are a food charity which could use some fresh local produce please get in touch gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk 

Fareshare glean 20th April 2023

 

Thank you to all our gleaning volunteers from Hythe Environmental Community Group and our own team from Deal -Renate, Sally, Jill, Elaine G, Andrew, Elaine M, Lucy and Steve.

 
Two gleans today a cabbage glean for FareShare Kent of 80 crates plus another 60 crates/bags for local food charities in shepway, Dover and Thanet districts. A big thanks to farmer Geoff Philpott for hosting us.

We also managed to do a earlier potato glean in Preston. With thanks to Farmer Trevor and Steve Bradley for their support

A total haul for our group today of over 800 kilos and for the total effort about 1.6 tons

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Thanet gleaning 23rd Feb 2023

 

Thx to Farmer Geoff Philpott for hosting our cabbage and potato glean today in Broadstairs.

 
Over 1/2 ton collected for local food charities & primary schools in Dover District and Thanet

Thanks to our local volunteers - Lucy, Sarah, Jill, Andrew, Tim & Steve.

Thanks to our gleaning colleagues in Hythe who passed on some extra cabbage

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Last big Glean of 2022 !

 

Massive thank you to all the gleaning volunteers - from Hythe, Deal & Canterbury - who braved a very cold morning and orchard.

About 1.3 tons of Braeburn apples collected from Miller & Bradley Farm in Eastry for FareShare Kent and local food charities and schools in East Kent.

Many thanks for david bradley for hosting us.

Special thanks to the Deal Contingent : Lucy, Renate, Lucia, Elaine G, Linda, Dave, Tim, Andrew, Sarah G & Steve

This glean takes the Deal total to 24 tons collected in 2022!
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Fareshare Kent Apple Glean - 27th Oct 2022

 

Thank you to our brilliant 25 gleaning volunteers from Deal and Hythe. 

Another whopping 1.7 tons of apples saved today for FareShare Kent and local food charities Our Kitchen on the Isle of Thanet United Families UK Dover Pantry #wearegleaners #gleaning

Glean for Felix 20th October 2022

 

Thank you to our 20 volunteers from Deal & Hythe gleaning groups and Paul at AC Hulme for hosting us. 1.7 tons of apples collected for The Felix Project and local food charities in East Kent @feedbackorg #WeareGleaners #dealwithit #gleaning .

Big thanks to the Deal volunteers ... Lucy, Lucia, Linda, Clair, Melissa, Andrew, Jill, Mark and Steve who not only spend a few wet hours picking but also then deliver to about 20 local charities and schools

We are gleaning for Fareshare Kent next Thursday 27th October nr Elmstone gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk to register you interest.

Massive apple glean 13th October

 

Massive 1.9 ton Apple Glean today for FareShare Kent and local food charities & schools in Thanet, Dover and Shepway districts.

Our produce went to as well to Fareshare:

• Dover Foodbank
• Dover Pantry
• Sunrise Cafe Dover
• Salvation Army Deal
• United Families
• Age UK Deal
• Sandwich Pantry
• Our Kitchen Pantry
• Thanet Primary Schools
• Eyethorne Primary
• Hornbeam Primary
• Sandown Primary
• BECHANGE Aylesham

Thank you to our volunteers from Deal & Hythe and AC Hulme for hosting us. 

Nxt one on 20/10. gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk 

#WeAreGleaners #gleaning 

Felix Glean 6th October 2022

Thank you all our volunteers from Deal (Jill, Andrew, Mark, John, Lucy, Clair, Elaine Isbelle & Steve) & Hythe on a massive apple glean of 1.6 tons for The Felix Project and local food charities @feedbackorg Our Kitchen on the Isle of Thanet Dover Pantry
@unitedfamilyuk Bechange #Wearegleaners #gleaning.

We are doing it again next Thursday 13th for Fareshare Kent Gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk

Mega Glean 4th August 2022

Thank you to all our gleaning volunteers today .... one of biggest yet with 49 people on it from Deal, Hythe and The Felix Project.

Special thx to our Deal Volunteers - Lucy & family, Clair, Jill, Andrew, Elaine G, Sarah G, Sandra, Sally, Tim, John T, Julie, Helen, Sonia & Steve

Local food charities supported Deal Foodbank, Deal Salvation Army, Sandwich Pantry, Bechange Aylesham, Dover Foodbank, Dover Pantry , United Families, Our Kitchen on the Isle of Thanet Big Drum, sunrisecafe, Emmaus, Talk It Out

We collected over a ton of cherries and plums and are very grateful to all at AC Hulme farm for hosting us. #gleaning #wearegleaners #DealWithIt

We Glean most weeks - join our mailing list gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk

Spud & Plum Glean 28th July 2022

Double Glean today - 400kilos of spuds and 160kilos of plums. Thank you to our great volunteers - Lucy, Jill, Elaine M, Elaine G, Clair, Sarah, Sandra & Steve - and farmers at T&S Bradley & AC Hulme Farms. Same again next week but with a cherry on top :)

Food going to:

• Deal Foodbank
• Deal Salvation Army
• Deal Age uk
• Our Kitchen on the Isle of Thanet
• Dover Foodbank
• Dover Pantry
• United Families
• BeChange Aylesham
• SunRise Community Cafe
• Emmanus Dover

#Gleaning #WeareGleaners

Wingham Glean 9th June 2022

Thank you to our gleaning volunteers today - lucy, elaine m, elaine g, mark, linda, clair & steve - for todays haul of 580 kilos of potatoes and cabbage going to local food charities

• Deal Foodbank
• Deal Salvation Army
• Deal Age UK
• Sandwich Pantry
• Dover Foodbank
• Dover Pantry
• Our Kitchen Thanet
• United Families Deal
• Emmanus Dover
• BECHANGE Aylesham
• Big Drum Canterbury
• Hornbeam School
• Sandown School

  Many thx to farmer hosts stephen & trevor bradley

Felix Cabbage Glean 31st May 2022

Massive thank you to our volunteers - Linda, Lucy, Sarah, Elaine G, Clair, Elaine M, Mark & Steve - on todays cabbage glean for the The Felix Project food charity we collected some 680kilos or some 884 sweetheart cabbages.

 Thanks to Kate from Felix and farmers Trevor and Stephen Bradley #gleaning #WeAreGleaners

Today's glean takes us to over 10 tons of food collected and some 20 gleans  so far in 2022. 

For joining our mailist or offers to host gleans gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk

Wingham Glean 26th May 2022

Busy glean today in Wingham - spuds and cabbage plus a visit from phd researchers on food waste and @bbcsoutheast on food poverty

Thx to Trevor & Stephen Bradley our host farmer and our volunteers today Clair, Lucy, Elaine, Sally, Sarah, Lucia & Steve

Local food charities our 509 kgs collected today

• Deal Food Bank
• Dover Food Bank
• Dover Pantry
• Our Kitchen on Thanet
• Sandwich Pantry
• Deal Salvation Army
• Deal Age UK
• United Families
• Hornbeam Primary School
• BEChange Aylesham

#wearegleaners @feedbackorg #gleaning

Want to get involved or a farmer who could support us please email gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk

Triple Glean 28th April 2022

Thank you to volunteers - Elaine, Lucy, Jack, Clair, Jill, Mark, Linda & Steve - for todays triple glean of spuds, cabbage and purple sprouting broccoli. 

Some 637 kilos of produce going to local food charities: 

• Dover Foodbank
• Dover Pantry
• Deal Salvation Army
• Deal Age Uk
• United Families
• Our Kitchen Thanet
• Big Drum Canterbury
• Eythorne Primary
• Sandown Primary
• Hornbeam Primary
• BECHANGE Aylesham

Thanks again for trevor bradley for hosting us

gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk

  #gleaning #wearegleaners #nofoodwaste

Felix Cabbage Glean 21st April 2022

Thank you to our gleaning volunteers - Jill, Linda, Elaine w, Elaine m, Lucia, Lucy, Clair & Steve - on todays mega glean for London Food Charity (The Felix project) with colleagues from Hythe.

We gathered one ton of cabbages for Felix plus some 564 kilos of potatoes, cabbages & purple sprouting broccoli for local food charities: 

• Deal Foodbank
• Dover Foodbank
• Our Kitchen Thanet
• Dover Pantry
• BECHANGE
• United Families
• Deal Salvation Army
• Eythorne Primary School
• Hornbeam Primary School
• Sandown Primary School
• Big Drum Canterbury

Appreciate the kindness of our farmer hosts trevor and stephen at Boundary Rd Farm 

#gleaning #WeAreGleaners

Cabbage Glean 13th April 2022

Thank you to our volunteers Sonja, Clair, Julie, Mark & Steve on today's 514 kilo Potato and Cabbage Glean. Lots of thanks to farmer Trevor at Boundary Rd Farm for hosting us.

Today's total takes us over 6 tons of food saved from waste and supporting food charitiesso far this year.

Food going to Dover Food Bank, Our Kitchen on the Isle of Thanet, Dover Pantry, Sandwich Pantry, Bechange Community Hub and United Families UK, Sunrise Cafe Dover, Deal Age UK

We are Gleaning cabbages again next Thursday 21st April

gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk