Bringing people together to grow, cook
and share nourishing food, with the goals
of cultivating community and alleviating
hunger in our city.
In our gardens, we grow organic food intensively and share resources with others interested in growing their own food.
In our kitchens, we use recovered, donated and garden-grown food to prepare and cook made-from-scratch meals.
In our community, we share nourishing meals in partnership with local poverty-disrupting nonprofits and community groups.
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The Nashville Food Project has a new partnership with Brooklyn Heights Community Garden and Cosecha Community Development, thanks to a USDA Community Food Projects grant. The three organizations are working together to increase local access to fresh fruit and veggies. That includes some free produce boxes, new produce markets, and new gardening and wellness classes.
“Our little army of volunteers save tons of fading produce from the landfill and turn them into nourishing meals for the community. Every head of lettuce represents not just waste averted, but a body nourished.” — Abhinav Krishnan, Volunteer
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If we think only in terms of hunger, our response will be emergency food. This is important, but it’s reactive. If we frame the problem as food insecurity, we begin to think bigger. We move from charity to justice. In other words, you can end someone's hunger for a day. But ending food insecurity means making sure they don't face that hunger tomorrow, next week, or next year.