Gleaners Food Bank

Gleaners Food Bank delivery truck
Gleaners Food Bank delivery truck at a food pantry in Indianapolis, Indiana

Gleaners Food Bank was established in 1980 and is the largest food bank in Indiana. In addition to the Indianapolis metropolitan area, it serves 21 counties in Central and Southeastern Indiana. Gleaners Food Bank became an affiliate of Feeding America in 1981.[1] The food bank operates one of eight regional produce cooperatives in the United States, the Midwest Produce Processing Center.[1][2] The food bank is also a recipient of food and non-food items from Kroger's Central Division Reclamation Center.[1] Gleaners Food Bank serves as a natural disaster response site and as a FEMA storage site. The food bank has made more than 700 million pounds of food available to patrons.[3][2][4]

  1. ^ a b c "Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana". indyencyclopedia.org. 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  2. ^ a b Estell, Sarah. "Our Story | Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana". Gleaners. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  3. ^ Reporter, The. "Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana names Fred Glass President & CEO – Hamilton County Reporter". Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  4. ^ "DB Services supports Gleaners Food Bank through Surveys for Success program". Indy Chamber. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-08-03.