At Work in the Cranberry Bogs, Gleaners Harvest Late Season Crops
Behold the cranberry.
Behold the cranberry.
Jamie O'Gorman leads gleaning program for Island Grown Initiative.
Jamie O'Gorman leads gleaning program for Island Grown Initiative.
MIchelle Tynan and a cranberry.
MIchelle Tynan and a cranberry.
Eleanor Stanwood at work.
Eleanor Stanwood at work.
A gleaning stretch for Jill White.
A gleaning stretch for Jill White.
Jackie Hokanson.
Jackie Hokanson.
Michelle Tynan.
Michelle Tynan.
Gleaning hazard: stained knees.
Gleaning hazard: stained knees.
Crops are distributed to help feed Islanders.
Crops are distributed to help feed Islanders.
Debbie Dean delivers cranberries to the Oak Bluffs Council on Aging.
Debbie Dean delivers cranberries to the Oak Bluffs Council on Aging.
A network of gleaning volunteers working with Island Grown Initiative harvest surplus produce on the Vineyard, from greens to fruit. The crops are then donated to feed families around the Island.
One of the final gleans of the season was held a few days before Thanksgiving at the Vineyard Open Land Foundation cranberry bogs off Lambert's Cove Road. Like all the produce gleaned this year, the cranberries will be donated to community groups, including senior centers.