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'''Gleaning''' is the collection of leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been mechanically harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest. Often gleaning is practiced by [[humanitarian]] groups which distribute the gleaned food to the poor and hungry. |
'''Gleaning''' is the collection of leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been mechanically harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest. Often gleaning is practiced by [[humanitarian]] groups which distribute the gleaned food to the poor and hungry. |
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When people glean and distribute food, they put themselves at some legal risk. In the U.S., a law signed in 1996 (The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act) promotes food recovery by limiting the liability of donors to instances of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. In Soviet Union gleaning was punished with death or 10 years of forced labor since [[August 7]], [[1932]]. |
When people glean and distribute food, they put themselves at some legal risk. In the U.S., a law signed in 1996 (The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act) promotes food recovery by limiting the liability of donors to instances of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. In Soviet Union gleaning was punished with death or 10 years of forced labor since [[August 7]], [[1932]].{{Fact|date=April 2007}} |
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[[Food Salvage]] programs work within the legal definitions of the Good Samaritan Act to consistently deliver surplus food from restaurants and dining facilities to emergency food centers. |
[[Food Salvage]] programs work within the legal definitions of the Good Samaritan Act to consistently deliver surplus food from restaurants and dining facilities to emergency food centers. |
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Revision as of 18:51, 27 April 2007
Gleaning is the collection of leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been mechanically harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest. Often gleaning is practiced by humanitarian groups which distribute the gleaned food to the poor and hungry.
When people glean and distribute food, they put themselves at some legal risk. In the U.S., a law signed in 1996 (The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act) promotes food recovery by limiting the liability of donors to instances of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. In Soviet Union gleaning was punished with death or 10 years of forced labor since August 7, 1932.[citation needed]
Food Salvage programs work within the legal definitions of the Good Samaritan Act to consistently deliver surplus food from restaurants and dining facilities to emergency food centers.
Gleaning is represented in the painting Les Glaneuses (1857) by Jean-François Millet.
Agnes Varda's 2000 documentery film "The Gleaners and I" explores gleaning from the perspective of French rural people.
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