Stories of Ananda Jimenez

Gleaners with Ag Against Hunger know Ananda as their gleaning coordinator. But fewer folks probably know her history as an organic farmer. She farmed in Oregon, Florida, and New York, and got a first-hand look at the amount of waste on even small farms. She home-schooled her kids, so they spent plenty of time in the fields with her. Her mother's father was a Jewish baker in Massachusetts, and Ananda says she got her entrepreneurial spirit from her grandparents. Her father's family lives in a small town in rural Spain, where sharing is a way of life.

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