Northwest Harvest gleaning volunteers show plums that they picked for a western Washington food bank. Northwest Harvest Jami Willard hates to see good fruit that could feed hungry mouths go to waste, especially fruit on trees that’s unwanted because of size, quality, or market conditions. But she knows that the growers, who are losing money when they walk away from an orchard, can’t afford to further invest in a crop by picking if it’s not going to market. That’s where her gleaning volunteers fit in. Willard, who is with Northwest Harvest in Yakima, Washington, is coordinator of a volunteer gleaning […]