Today at the community garden summit plant starts were given away for folks to Plant an Extra Row and grow food to donate to food banks. Plant an Extra Row is a project of the Pierce County Gleaning Project. The starts were grown by Bellarmine, Peace of the Earth farm, L'Arche Farm and Gardens, Tahoma Farms, and Tagro. In 2010, the Pierce County Gleaning Project harvested over 8,300 lbs of produce from urban fruit trees and farmers market vendors for county food banks--which have experienced a large increase in the number of clients seeking emergency food. If you want to help your local food bank by growing an extra row or saving those apples on your or your neighbor's fruit tree, head to www.piercecountygleaningproject.org or call 253.584.1040.

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