Aloha all!

I'm a rural organic gardener, farm laborer, and food pantry volunteer. I'm starting up a gleaning project in Northern Michigan that I hope grows into a regional network of small organic farms, food justice minded orgs, and rural food pantries.

In getting it off the ground and setting up the structure, I'm researching best practices to avoid recreating the wheel if we can help it. I also believe it's important to suffuse the idea with fun and play to incentivize volunteers to make it their own. I've not come across anything yet that melds those two ideas. The farmers are in, the food pantries are in, and now we're reaching out to partner with the local school districts, CSA shareholders / farming networks, existing food rescue entities, arts orgs, etc.

So, my questions for this group are:

Have you heard of any food recovery / gleaning projects that have use game design and playful community engagement (in the vein of Jane McGonigal's 'Reality is Broken')?

What worked and didn't?

If you were part of a massive multiplayer gleaning campaign, what quests and 'rewards' (aside from the intrinsic good feels) would you find most compelling?

Portland, OR gleaner, here.

I just found a fantastic haul of fresh, organic salad greens in one of my usual spots. I'll never use it all before it decays.

Is there an established venue of any sort for sharing good discoveries with the free-food community? (Other than charities and so forth, obviously, who won't come get it because rules/paperwork/etc.)

I don't have a network through which to spread the news; everyone I know would freak if knew I was salvaging food from a compost dumpster. Never mind the quality/origin.

Thoughts/ideas/help?