New take on boosting food security in Brighton

With new Executive Director, Share the Harvest returns

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Andrew Sword stepped in to take on the executive director role for Brighton Shares the Harvest on February 1, resurrecting an e ort that was due to be closed this spring.

“Our Board had decided last fall to shut down Brighton Shares e Harvest this spring, as we were ready for some space to try other things,” said Linda Young, the founder and executive director for the last 12 years. “But Andrew came to me with some amazing ideas and energy regarding food security in the Brighton community, and it felt like a perfect match.” e non-pro t also donates seedlings so families can learn to grow their own produce and works with local retail farms on discounts and cost-sharing to provide produce for local families. e non-pro t also works with several other local nonpro t groups that donate produce to their programs.

Brighton Shares the Harvest is an all-volunteer non-pro t that works with local Gardners to eliminate waste and donate extra produce to local food banks, seniors, and lowincome families.

Sword is a young farmer with a dream to grow with the community.

“With a whole heart, I wish to thank our outgoing Director Linda Young for her dedication to the Brighton community and for the honor of allowing me to serve our community under the Brighton Shares the Harvest banner,” Sword said.

Sword was a Marine Corps veteran from 2012 until January 2016.

“In the Marines, I was in leadership