We finished the cabbage Monday with a crew of 8 people. Giving Children Hope came out

during the week and helped the president finish harvesting the cabbage that was left

for L&F x10 by AG Kawamura owner of Orange County Produce. Two Gaylords

was filled and taken back to Giving Children Hope Warehouse in Buena Park where it will

be weighed and then put in back packs for the kids they serve.

We thank G.C.H for there commitment to serving the community and also for there support

on the fields. We cant do what we do unless we have the orgs come out and receive the

Blessings.

ON ANOTHER NOTE…

Dan Manssero and the president will be talking about hunger this Friday at Irvine Valley

College. They have been asked to be on a committee to discuss hunger issues.

2-Part Sustainability Film Series & Discussion Panel

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The morning started off with phone calls from volunteers wanting to participate in the Harvest and

gleaning on Orange County Produce Farm Land Saturday. It was warm and clear not like last week

when we thought we going to have to cancel the event. We had new volunteers come out this time

and they were dressed and ready to get in the fields.

Broccoli was one of the vegetable that was ready for the Harvest. There was so much out there Saddleback

Church volunteers filled around 10 crates or more. Saddleback Church Food Pantry serves around 3,500

people per month  and fresh Broccoli would be a Blessing to the people. We then bagan to glean

the rest of the Cabbage we didn’t get the weekend before because we Harvested for 2 hours.

The president knowing that he had  another opportunity to glean the Cabbage invited a Food Bank

from  Santa Ana to come out with a truck to take it back  to the people they serve. Volunteers

from Saddleback Church and others helped to support the Food Bank by gleaning 3 bins of Cabbage

for them.  This Food Bank serves 48 Churches and the community around them even the president

of L&F x10 decided to get involved and glean Cabbage.

We ended the day grateful and thankful once again for the Blessing the Lord has given the ministry.

Leviticus 23:22

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God.’”

Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers’ fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable …

Video of the President…

We had some concern this week about being able to Harvest the 5 acres of Orange County Produce cabage

on Saturday because of the rain but the Lord gave us a Sunny day. Volunteers began to show up

at  around 11:45 am at The Great Park so that we can go over Orientation and also caravan to the

field which was a mile away.

A.G Kawamura (Owner of Orange County Produce) introduced himself and spoke about the park and

also talked about the tools needed to cut the cabbage. He also spoke about how he felt about these

volunteers coming out and Harvesting the cabbage. You could feel the anticipation from everyone

wanting to get to the cabbage and began to Harvest for the community.

We had about 60 volunteers come out today and Harvest over 8,000 lbs in less than two hours. Saddleback

Food Pantry Harvested around 2.5 tons of cabbage to serve the community in there area

Other Churches like”New Beginnings Community Church did an amazing job of Harvesting 5 pallets

with the assistance of a few volunteers from other Churches (Sorry I cant remember all there names

or Churches they affiliate with but I do remember two people…Cherryl Watson from Santa Ana Chamber of

Commerce and Courtney Thayer. Thank you both for coming out to support the community you helped

to feed 16,000 people today.

We finished the day with pictures,videos and a segment with A.G Kawamura and the President

of Loaves And Fishes x1o talking about the Community...Sorry for the low volume

Orange County Produce gleaning pictures…

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