LaRouche 25 Novembre 2008

It's come to this. Like ants, some 40,000 people poured over the remnants of the harvest on a 600-acre Colorado farm Saturday Nov. 22, gleaning free potatoes, carrots, and leeks. A Weld County farm couple offered the leftovers to any who wanted to pick the remains after the harvest, before a freeze could destroy the vegetables. The couple said they opened the family farm northeast of Denver to the free harvest, after hearing reports of food being stolen from local churches.

Farm owner Chris Miller said they had expected between 5,000 and 10,000 people to show up. A scheduled second day of the free gleaning was canceled because the farm had been picked clean. ``People obviously need food,'' Miller told the Rocky Mountain News.

In Lakewood, west of Denver, the Jeffco Action Center helped 5,141 people who lined up early for a Thanksgiving food box give-away, the biggest demand in 40 years.

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