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Gleaning Organizations and Value-Added Products
This guide will help gleaning organizations understand and manage some of the food safety liability risks of value-added production. Specifically, this guide discusses the federal food safety obligations of gleaning organizations in value-added production and the implications of value-added production on the enhanced food safety liability protections gleaning organizations enjoy through the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act.
Topic: Gleaning Audience: GleanersLegal Questions & Answers: Tax Incentives and Food Donation for Gleaning Organizations
This guide describes state and federal tax incentives for farmers and producers that work with gleaning and food recovery organizations.
Topic: Gleaning Audience: GleanersLegal Questions & Answers: Volunteers in Gleaning
This guide explains employment laws relevant to gleaning organizations to ensure that volunteers are classified correctly and minimize the risk of unintentional violations of labor laws.
Topic: Gleaning Audience: GleanersLegal Questions & Answers: Liability for Gleaning Organizations
This guide helps gleaning organizations manage legal risks and liabilities to protect their organization by answering some of the most common liability questions.
Topic: Gleaning Audience: Gleaners2020 Gleaning Census
This report gathers data from gleaning organizations across the U.S. to understand their strengths, struggles, and needs.
Topic: Gleaning, Healthy Food Access Audience: Community Organizations, GleanersReducing Food Insecurity and Food Waste Improving the National Framework to Support Gleaning Operations
This report recommends programs and policies that would increase fresh food donations from gleaning organizations to nonprofit distributors.
Topic: Gleaning Audience: GleanersModels for Success: A Set of Case Studies Examining Gleaning Efforts across the United States
This report highlights the innovative work of gleaning and fresh food recovery organizations in the U.S. and describes different organizational models, collaborative efforts, and examples of successful initiatives.
Topic: Gleaning Audience: GleanersThe National Gleaning Project Guide to the Online Gleaning Resources Hub
This guide includes national and state laws and regulations pertaining to gleaning and food donation, a comprehensive guide to gleaning and food recovery organizations by U.S. region, and additional resources on a variety of issues.