Hutterites share harvest with FoodMesh

By Joan Janzen

It’s harvest time for gardeners, and the gardeners at the Glidden Hutterite colony are sharing their abundance of fresh produce. On Tuesday, September 6th, the good folks from the Glidden colony arrived at FoodMesh with a truckload of cucumbers, cauliflower, corn, broccoli, carrots and zucchini. FoodMesh is located at 800 - 12th Avenue East in Kindersley, and thanks to this generous donation, their cooler is packed with fresh garden goodness. But the produce won’t be there for long because soon, it will be shared with people throughout Kindersley and surrounding communities.

Since January 2022, FoodMesh has been able to give 45,673 kg of food to people in this region. That food includes 129 kilograms of deli products, 320 kg of meat and seafood, 1,762 kg of grocery items, 1,627 kg of produce, 333 kg of bakery products, and 2,209 kg of dairy products.

FoodMesh thanks the folks at Glidden Colony who did all the work of planting, weeding, harvesting and delivering this recent gift of local produce. PHOTO BY BARBE DUNN

Henry Kleinsasser, Helen Mandel and Tim Mandel from Glidden Colony deliver a truckload of produce to FoodMesh in Kindersley. PHOTO BY BARBE DUNN