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  • 40,000 flock to fields for farmers' leftovers

    11/24/2008 7:21:54 AM PST · by mlocher · 31 replies · 1,642+ views
    Columbus Dispatch ^ | November 24, 2008 | AP
    <p>PLATTEVILLE, Colo. (AP) -- A farm couple got a huge surprise when they opened their fields to anyone who wanted to pick up free vegetables left over after the harvest -- 40,000 people showed up.</p> <p>Joe and Chris Miller's fields were picked so clean Saturday that a second day of gleaning -- the ancient practice of picking up leftover food in farm fields -- was canceled yesterday.</p>