By Samuel Knickerbocker in bucksco.today
Published: 5:24 am EDT Oct 6, 2026 | Updated: 6:55 am EDT Oct 6, 2026
Image via Rolling Harvest Food Rescue, Facebook.
Caption: Rolling Harvest Food Rescue has dedicated itself to preserving produce that would have been discarded before reaching store shelves.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin visited Solebury Orchards on Oct. 2, a stop that highlighted Rolling Harvest Food Rescue, a nonprofit that connects Bucks County farmers with hunger-relief groups, reports Dave Lefever to Lancaster Farming.
“We’re a modern-day gleaning organization,” said founder Cathy Snyder.
Gleaning means gathering edible produce that would otherwise go unharvested.
When farmers grow more than they can sell, Rolling Harvest arranges pickups or sends volunteers into the fields, then delivers the crops to food pantries and other distribution programs.
According to its website, the group collects food from 52 farms and food producers and supports more than 80 hunger-relief sites.
Its service area includes Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania and Hunterdon and Mercer counties in New Jersey.
Snyder founded the nonprofit in 2012, and it reported redistributing about four million pounds of fresh food by its 10th anniversary in 2023.
Farmers gain a dependable destination for excess harvests.
Tinicum CSA farmer John Crooke donates already-picked produce and hosts gleaning events.
“I compost way less produce because of Rolling Harvest,” Crooke said.
Rolling Harvest also takes part in Fresh Connect, Bucks County‘s free farmers-market program, helping bring nutritious food to households facing food insecurity.
Zeldin’s visit was part of the EPA‘s Feed It Onward initiative, a program launched in 2025 that connects food donors with communities in need while reducing landfill waste.
The full article, including more on the farmers, volunteers, and partnerships behind the effort can be found at Lancaster Farming.
