murphysranch
Herd Master
I got in touch with one gal locally, who has a contract (along with two other ladies) with one of the 3 Costco's here, to pick up their produce discards. She gets their throwaways 2x a week, while another gal does 2x a week and one gal does once a week. They each get a full pallet of fruits and veggies each time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All three are small ranchers. The food is fed to their herds. This gal has sheep, two mama cows and one baby, piglets coming in next week, chickens, turkeys, ducks. When she offered some bags of onions and potatoes on the local Give and Receive page, nobody contacted her. So on the second day, I reached out and asked if I could come get them for the food bank. SURE, she said. Well, a connection and barter was created.
She's 36 with three little kids and I'm a 70 yr old. But I LOVED talking to her. She does sooooo much there on their land up at 1,000 ft elevation. What we've agreed to do, is when she gets good food fit for human consumption, she will message me. I'll drive up there, take the cases of food, and in exchange, I'll load up our truck with her cardboard cases to take to the transfer station recycling center in Vancouver.
Yesterday, I got 7 cases of food - red onions, two cases of bagged chopped up cauliflower, three cases of red grapes, a sleeve of portabellas, lemons, and cuties. I loaded this up in the back seat of the truck. Then I gathered up 26 cases of the cardboard and scooped up about a trash bag of rotting produce. I drove down the hill, went to the food bank to drop off the produce, and then to the transfer station to dump the cardboard. The rotten produce went into my compost.
Two weeks ago she found out that she cannot give her Jersey mama too much fruit. The poor cow became sluggish, she drenched her with something, and called the vet. The vet said NO MORE FRUIT for the Jersey or the Dexter. Oh, the Dexter is due to calve in about a week or so. The Jersey has a three week old wee little thing. Also she said she needs to put some weight on the Jersey, who is very thin. She was considering some Coconut oil.
Another small farmer who lives about 1.25 miles from me, also wants me to do the same with her. I'm very happy to source food for the food bank in exchange for hauling cardboard. What I don't want to know is how much the food bank will throw away 'cus they are toooooo damn picky.
All three are small ranchers. The food is fed to their herds. This gal has sheep, two mama cows and one baby, piglets coming in next week, chickens, turkeys, ducks. When she offered some bags of onions and potatoes on the local Give and Receive page, nobody contacted her. So on the second day, I reached out and asked if I could come get them for the food bank. SURE, she said. Well, a connection and barter was created.
She's 36 with three little kids and I'm a 70 yr old. But I LOVED talking to her. She does sooooo much there on their land up at 1,000 ft elevation. What we've agreed to do, is when she gets good food fit for human consumption, she will message me. I'll drive up there, take the cases of food, and in exchange, I'll load up our truck with her cardboard cases to take to the transfer station recycling center in Vancouver.
Yesterday, I got 7 cases of food - red onions, two cases of bagged chopped up cauliflower, three cases of red grapes, a sleeve of portabellas, lemons, and cuties. I loaded this up in the back seat of the truck. Then I gathered up 26 cases of the cardboard and scooped up about a trash bag of rotting produce. I drove down the hill, went to the food bank to drop off the produce, and then to the transfer station to dump the cardboard. The rotten produce went into my compost.
Two weeks ago she found out that she cannot give her Jersey mama too much fruit. The poor cow became sluggish, she drenched her with something, and called the vet. The vet said NO MORE FRUIT for the Jersey or the Dexter. Oh, the Dexter is due to calve in about a week or so. The Jersey has a three week old wee little thing. Also she said she needs to put some weight on the Jersey, who is very thin. She was considering some Coconut oil.
Another small farmer who lives about 1.25 miles from me, also wants me to do the same with her. I'm very happy to source food for the food bank in exchange for hauling cardboard. What I don't want to know is how much the food bank will throw away 'cus they are toooooo damn picky.
one glass. But was so sleep deprived for 2 days, didn't take much.
Been couple yrs since doing this. Nervous wreck. Thermostat & operator error added to it but, got it right & have chicks vice hard boiled eggs. 
not yet 24 hr since first one popped out. Will update tomorrow.
