Picking Kale

Hello, The community garden has so much kale. It is difficult to tell if anyone else is picking. All but four plants are volunteer. There is an organization called Feed Iowa First that will take fresh produce. With an address in hand and mostly in my head, I headed to a drop off/pick up place in the next neighborhood. While there I learned where the refrigerator is located behind a church. The pastor told me that we were really supposed to turn in produce at another place where they sort and wash it. He left after telling me that. I even went so far as to put three cucumbers in the frig when I noticed the address for drop off on the door of the frig. It is not good when people drop off the unwanted. It becomes a burden on the museum or library. “Okay, I will take it there,” I thought. Luckily the gps lady talked to me because I had no idea where I was going. After many turns both left and right, it was right in front of me and I knew where I was. I could get home from here. There was a drop off shed, where directions stated that items should be put in a tub and the form listing name, email, produce, organic or not, and tub number. No tub numbers were visible to me, so I just unloaded my piles of curly leaf, flat leaf, and Red Russian Kale. There were also three cucumbers, and some giant Swiss Chard to share. Before I left, I saw a young woman in a building across the way. I learned that she was working for this group. She answered all my questions. I am now much more comfortable bringing more produce. The idea of promoting feed Iowa first bothers me some, but I do feel that produce especially should be shared with all. Many people I know do not want to help people in other countries and that does not seem right to me. Maybe if all of Iowa people were fed and comfortable there would be more of a feeling of sharing with people from any place on earth. Paula