Gleaning Abundance
PROGRAM
(GAP)
GAP 2025
the 2024 Fall Fruit Fest partnership was so successful, we are doing it again!
Join us!
this collaborative project brings together a coalition of groups & individuals passionate about bear safety and food security
2025 events will be posted as they are confirmed
you can register below
to volunteer to pick or to have your tree picked.
To volunteer to pick, transport, or have your tree picked:
*Priority given to trees of people with mobility challenges*
🍎 If you are contacting us to volunteer, yeah! We will do our best to match you with the tree owners who are continuing to contact us. Follow this link to register with us: https://forms.gle/Q9suYymxZKbjyniHA
🍎 If you are contacting us to glean your tree, we will do our best to match you with volunteers but we encourage you to exercise the following options:
🍎 Connect with people who might want your fruit on the Northern Bear Awareness Society Fruit Exchange Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1518130775068186
🍎 Pick your apples and drop them off at the Northern Lights Estate Winery to feed farm animals. Bins have been set up outside and you can drop off 24/7 at 745 Prince George Pulpmill Rd
🍎 Hire the DART team to pick your apples and take them away DART: 250 563 6311
The Gleaning Abundance Program (GAP) connects fruit tree owners with volunteer gleaners to:
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Prevent food waste
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Improve bear and community safety by removing bear attractants
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Improve food security by storing the autumn bounty for the winter months
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Foster a community that works together
What you get as a tree owner:
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Your tree is cleaned up
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We will give you up to ⅓ of your fruit
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Your yard is safer without bear attractants
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The satisfaction of:
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reducing waste
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contributing to local food security
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contributing to bear and community safety
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What you get as a gleaning volunteer:
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Improved food security: Gleaners share up to ⅓ of the gleaned fruit among themselves
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The satisfaction of:
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reducing waste
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contributing to local food security
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contributing to bear and community awareness
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Build community
What the community gets:
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Improved food security
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Waste prevention
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Bear protection through the removal of attractant
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A safer community
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A more connected community
As much of the fruit as possible is processed into sauces, jams, and juices by the Canning Circle of the Everyone At the Table Collective (EAT) and other community kitchens and shared amongst volunteer programs and people in need. The Canning Circle already established the sharing network over a year in partnership with The Salvation Army Food Rescue Program, processing food that is shared with programs like Baby's New Beginnings, Knights Inn, Positive Living North, the Firepit, New Hope, and UNDU (Uniting Northern Drug Users UNDU’ing stigma).
The GAP is an initiative of the Everyone At the Table (EAT) collective in partnership with the Recycling & Environmental Action Planning Society (REAPS) and Eco Living Community (ELC). The original GAP aimed to complement and partner with existing initiatives like the Northern Bear Awareness Society (NBAS) and the Northern Lights Estate Winery.
FALL FRUIT FEST grew last year from the above partnerships with Northern Bear Awareness Society (NBAS) and UNBC sustainability now full active members of the organizing committee.
Excess fruit is received by the Northern Lights Estate Winery and local farmers for animal feeding, as the Northern Bear Awareness Society has successfully done for a few years. In return, the winery donates money to support the Northern Bear Awareness Society in Prince George and the Northern Lights Wildlife Society in Smithers.
EAT: https://www.letseatlocalpg.com/who-we-are Contact us at:
REAPS: https://www.reaps.org/Phone: +1 250 561 7327
ELC: https://ecolivingcommunity.ca/ Email: EATGleaningAbundance@gmail.com
NBAS: https://www.northernbearawareness.com/ Join us!