Finding a Home for Extra Harvest

Food System
Written By Steven Biggs
Susan Antler talks about the Plant Grow Share a Row program that helps people and groups grow food for food banks

Susan Antler talks about sharing the harvest with food banks and the Plant • Grow • Share a Row program.

Sharing with Community

Susan Antler joins us to talk about the Plant • Grow • Share a Row program.

This program helps groups and individuals to grow extra vegetables to share with nearby food banks and soup kitchens.

First Step

As a first step, Antler suggests connecting with a local food agency to find out what is needed, and also find out details such as delivery days and times.

Another way to get started is to connect with a group of like-minded people in the community who want to grow to share.

Plant • Grow • Share a Row Program

The goals of the program include:

  • Helping people plant extra vegetables to share at harvest time

  • Providing seeds to participants

  • Sharing gardening knowledge

Connect

Antler is the executive director of The Compost Council of Canada. Along with the Plant • Grow • Share a Row program, she and her team organize Soupalicious, a fall soup-tasting and harvest celebration.

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Steven Biggs

Recognized by Garden Making Magazine as one of the "green gang" of Canadians making a difference in horticulture, Steven Biggs is a horticulturist, former college instructor, and award-winning broadcaster and author. His passion is helping home gardeners grow food in creative and attractive ways.


He’s the author of eight gardening books, including the Canadian bestseller No Guff Vegetable Gardening. His articles have appeared in Canada’s Local Gardener, Mother Earth News, Fine Gardening, Garden Making, Country Guide, Edible Toronto, and other magazines.


Along with over 30 years working in the horticultural sector and a horticultural-science major at the University of Guelph, Steven’s experience includes hands-on projects in his own garden including wicking beds, driveway strawbale gardens, and a rooftop tomato plantation—to the ongoing amusement of neighbours.


When not in the garden, you might catch him recording his award-winning Food Garden Life podcast or canoeing in Algonquin Park.

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