Gleaning is a centuries old practice, “And when you reap the harvest of your land do not reap to the very
edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner
residing among you…”
Leviticus 23:22
Join Our Glean Team
What is gleaning?
Gleaning is harvesting surplus crops directly from the farmers’ fields to share with neighbors in need. Rolling Harvest works with a wide variety of gleaning groups including corporate, faith-based, youth and community service groups. In addition to groups, we are lucky to have many individuals who come out to support our mission. Children are welcome at all farms. Please inquire about bringing children under 10 years of age, as there may be certain farms and/or crops suitable for participation.
Quick Response Gleanings
Groups or individuals can join our gleanings as they become available. Volunteers can find out about these events by:
- Signing up for email notification below.
- Downloading our free volunteer mobile app HERE to get the latest RHFR volunteer opportunities and events.
- Scanning this QR code with your mobile device to download our mobile app:
- Following us on: Facebook Twitter Instagram
- Checking our Events page for event notices.
**As farmers call us to let us know that fields are available for gleaning, we post an announcement to mobile app and all social media.
Gleanings at Rolling Harvest @ Gravity Hill
Join us at the Rolling Harvest fields at Gravity Hill Farm every Wednesday and Saturday, during the growing and gleaning season, from 9:00 to 11:00 AM — weather permitting. We start early June and go straight through to Thanksgiving! Sign up on our mobile app by going to Volunteer Schedule each month. Gravity Hill Farm is located at 67 Pleasant Valley Rd Titusville, NJ 08560.
Email Jamie McKnight for Corporate or large group opportunities at any of our farm locations – get the RHFR experience specific to your organization
Nutrition Education
Be sure to check out our new YouTube Recipe channel – What’s Cooking? with Rolling Harvest. Delicious, healthy recipes from our Nutrition Team engaging chefs of all skill levels. SUBSCRIBE today so you don’t miss out on the latest recipes.
New Volunteer? Please scroll down to fill out our volunteer form.
Scheduled Gleanings
Groups (10+) can sometimes schedule in advance by filling out a Request below. Once the form is submitted, we will contact farms in your area and your contact person will be notified if there is an available gleaning. All scheduled gleanings are tentative, as farmers often do not know if they will have available crops until that time.
Join Our Volunteer Drivers & Delivery Team
We always need help with farm pickups and deliveries to our food distribution sites. When you have downloaded our volunteer mobile app, you will find all of our farms are listed with their addresses that are located in Mercer County and Hunterdon County, NJ and throughout Bucks County, PA. We will find the most convenient and impactful routes for you. Most weeks, this involves just three hours on a Tuesday or Thursday morning.
Join Our Nutrition Education Outreach Team
Would you like to share your passion for healthy eating? All of Rolling Harvest’s food pantries and other hunger-relief partners are offered our Nutrition Education team right on-site at no charge! Often, we set up an entire FREE FARM MARKET to give participants the veggies to take home. We show how to use that week’s produce, with tastings and cooking demos to emphasize just how easy and delicious fresh and healthy can be! We also provide healthy, low-cost recipes and nutrition information in English and Spanish. This is fun and very interactive with pantry families.
Join Our Fresh Connect Distribution Team
Fresh Connect Bucks County is a free farmers market offering fresh, healthy food to our hungry neighbors in Bucks County. It returns to the same location on the same day at the same time each week, providing reliable and needed food to the 44,000 Bucks County residents facing hunger, 34 percent of whom are children. Fresh Connect is a collaboration of Bucks County Opportunity Council, Philabundance, Rolling Harvest Food Rescue and St. Mary Medical Center, with generous funding by United Way of Bucks County.
Volunteers are needed to help set up and distribute produce at our weekly, year-round mobile farmer’s markets in Warminster, Quakertown, Palisades and Bristol. Each weekly location requires 10-15 volunteers, whose involvement is an integral part of the distribution.
Visit bcoc.org/join-us/volunteer to sign-up!
I hereby request to be permitted to participate in the Gleaning / Harvesting / Volunteer Activity referenced. I am aware that my participation in Rolling Harvest Food Rescue (RHFR) involves farm work, which includes, among other things, exposure to the elements, farm tools, agricultural chemicals and heavy lifting. I represent that I am in good physical condition and am able to participate in the Gleaning / Harvesting / Volunteer Activity. I understand that such participation presents a potential risk of injury, and I agree to assume any and all risk for injuries to myself arising out of, or related to participation with RHFR and understand that the Released Parties (as such term is defined below) shall NOT be responsible or liable for any injury, damage, loss of expense to me and/or my property incurred as a result of my participation.
As a condition of my participation, on behalf of myself, and my successors and assigns, I hereby agree to forever release, discharge, acquit, hold harmless and indemnify, RHFR, their affiliates and their respective members, partners, principals, shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees, volunteers, and representatives (including, without limitation, any farmer or landowner, landlord, land manager or tenant who grants access to farmer’s property for purposes related to RHFR) and their respective successors and assigns (“Released Parties”), from any and all charges, complaints, claims, demands, obligations, damages, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, costs, losses, debts, expenses (including attorney’s fees and costs), liabilities, and indebtedness of every type, kind, nature, description or character, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated arising from, under, or related to, any act or omission of any of the Released Parties or myself, or otherwise in any way related to, or arising from, my participation (“Released Matters”).
I acknowledge that I have received, read, and understood the Volunteer Guidelines governing RHFR and agree that I will fully comply with these Guidelines. I agree that this Release shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and that if any portion is deemed to be invalid, the remainder of the Agreement will remain valid and enforceable.
I acknowledge and agree that the releases made herein constitute final and complete releases of the Released Parties with respect to all Released Matters, and that by signing this Agreement, I am forever giving up the right to sue or attempt to recover money, damages, or any other relief from the Released Parties for all claims I may have with respect to the Released Matters (even if any such claim is unforeseen as of the date hereof).
I, parent of the below named minor (“Minor”) hereby request that Minor be permitted to participate in the Gleaning / Harvesting / Volunteer Activity referenced. I am aware that Minor’s participation in Rolling Harvest Food Rescue (RHFR) involves farm work, which includes, among other things, exposure to the elements, farm tools, and agricultural chemicals. I represent that the Minor is in good physical condition and is able to participate in the Gleaning / Harvesting / Volunteer Activity. I understand that such participation presents a potential risk of injury to Minor, and I agree to assume any and all risk for injuries to Minor arising out of, or related to, Minor’s participation with RHFR and understand that the Released Parties shall NOT be responsible or liable for any injury, damage, loss of expense to me or my child, and/or my property incurred as a result of Minor’s participation.
As a condition of Minor’s participation, on behalf of myself, Minor, and our successors and assigns, I hereby agree to forever release, discharge, acquit, hold harmless and indemnify, RHFR, their affiliates and their respective members, partners, principals, shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees, volunteers, and representatives (including, without limitation, any farmer or landowner, landlord, land manager or tenant who grant access to farmer’s property for purposes related to RHFR) and their respective successors and assigns (“Released Parties”), from any and all charges, complaints, claims, demands, obligations, damages, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, costs, losses, debts, expenses (including attorney’s fees and costs), liabilities, and indebtedness of every type, kind, nature, description or character, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated arising from, under, or related to, any act or omission of any of the Released Parties or Minor, or otherwise in any way related to, or arising from, Minor’s participation (“Released Matters”).
I acknowledge that I have received, read, and understood the Volunteer Guidelines governing RHFR and agree that the Minor will fully comply with these Guidelines. I agree that this Release shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and that if any portion is deemed to be invalid, the remainder of the Agreement will remain valid and enforceable.
I acknowledge and agree that the releases made herein constitute final and complete releases of the Released Parties with respect to all Released Matters, and that by signing this Agreement, I am forever giving up the right to sue or attempt to recover money, damages, or any other relief from the Released Parties for all claims I may have with respect to the Released Matters (even if any such claim is unforeseen as of the date hereof).
