My Summer of Gleaning in Martha’s Vineyard

My Summer of Gleaning in Martha’s Vineyard

by Emma Finkelstein | Sep 9, 2024 | Student Dispatch

In this tight-knit island community, volunteers harvest not only vegetables but local food security with Island Grown Initiative. It’s 9:00 on a sunny morning in mid-July, about three years ago. I’m 13 years old, and my mom is driving my younger brother and I down a...

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