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Successful year for local gleaners group Letter Share Central Maine Gleaners Group wants to thank the vendors at the Waterville Farmers’ Market who donated healthy produce at the conclusion of each week’s market. Gracious donors included The Apple Farm (Fairfield), Eagle View (Winslow), Good Bread (Brownfield), Heald Farm (Troy), Junction Garden (Vassalboro), Marr Pond (Sangerville), and Snakeroot (Pittsfield). Gleaning, or food rescue, is defined by the Maine Gleaning Network as: “gathering of produce after or during an active harvest and donating the produce to humans rather than for compost or for animal feed. The produce gleaned could be used for direct distribution to those in need of emergency food or it could be processed at a soup kitchen.” Central Maine Gleaners Group volunteers gleaned produce at The Apple Farm (Fairfield), Bickford’s (Fairfield), Johnny’s (Benton), Karen’s Cabin (Hartland), North St. Community Garden (Waterville), Pine Acres Farm (Skowhe

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