Needless to say, agricultural experience is not required to volunteer here at Second Harvest, but some of our volunteers have some surprisingly relevant backgrounds.

One morning I went to the warehouse looking for John Kovarik, one of our volunteers, and found him peeling the outside leaves off of cabbage. It was destined for our 51 Food For Children sites throughout the county, and John wanted to perfect the cabbage going out to those kids.

Where did he get his eye for veggie perfection? John used to inspect produce for the U.S. Department of Agriculture!

All our volunteers have work or life experience they bring to Second Harvest; it’s just rare that one’s career was quite so fitting!  Read more...