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"cshenk" wrote:

"Dan L." wrote
kate wrote:

Another option is to donate to your local food bank.

Food banks in my area only accept food that has a USDA stamp of
approval. Starving neighbors won't complain if you give to them.

Seems like that here. Grocery stores and such can do that and big time
suppliers to local ones as well, but not us little guys with 15 extra
tomatoes from our yard.

The 'out from the rules' is a local church may be happy to have such for an
exchange. We do that too. A local one here has a sort of 'soup kitchen'
run by the church but not listed as a non-profit (though they make none).
They take fresh veggies from local small gardens happily. We donated our
old commercial sized behemoth freezer to them as we had replaced it with a
smaller unit when away several years (it was with the renters of our house).

The local church is feeding mostly local folks who are elderly and on fixed
incomes, and young single parents. It operates more like a huge potluck
with a kitchen attached. I dropped off an excess bag of onions yesterday
(still fresh, just didnt realize Don had gotten a bag 2 days earlier).

Same here, churches seem to be exempt as well. Churches might use the
"Pot Luck" dinners as a way out of the "Charity Organization" group.

Charities may have to operate under different government regulations.
Many Charities also receive government funding where churches don't.

Enjoy Life... Dan

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Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.