Hidden Harvest

Thanks to all of you who came to our first "Friend-raising' event at The Reserve on March 20th!!

Huffington Post article about Hidden Harvest, 2/14/2013.

Fun Photo album from Bill Clinton's visit in January!

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Our latest videos:

Making healthy food accessible to seniors
Hidden Harvest is helping those who can’t afford fresh produce by gathering surplus fresh fruits and vegetables from fields and orchards and redistributing them. NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports in the official "Making a Difference" segment.

Clinton: Hidden Harvest model is replicable
NBC’s Nancy Snyderman spoke with former President Bill Clinton about the Clinton Foundation's Health Matters Initiative and the success of Hidden Harvest, a company that rescues unwanted produce and gets it to the needy.

Eye-opening to see the desperate need for food
Christy Porter founded Hidden Harvest, an organization that employs the working poor to rescue produce left in farmers' fields to feed the hungry.

Our mission:

Hidden Harvest is a produce ­recovery pro­gram­ that e­m­ploys l­o­w income farm workers to "rescue" produce that is left behind in the fields and orchards aft­er harvest.

Millions of pounds of produce a­re left for a variety of reasons —­ cosmetic blemishes, overproduction, dwindling market price. We also recover many hundreds of thousands of pounds of produce each year from area packing houses. This fresh and nutritious produce­ is delivered free of charge to over 60 local agencies that serve the poor and hungry.

Here's our clip from CBS Sunday Morning!

See Hidden Harvest on the Clinton Foundation Home Page!  (PDF)

About the Clinton Health Matters initiative.

Through our over 60 client agencies and our own HH efforts such as our twice monthly "Senior Markets" and monthly "Healthy Fairs", HH is providing fresh, local produce for more than 44,000 low income residents of eastern Riverside County each month.

Hidden Harvest programs are committed to helping low-income people feed themselves by providing employment opportunities, garden space, water, seeds and more. Additional services include nutrition instruction in local schools and health fairs.

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