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Shared with Us 🌱

We received 200 pounds of spaghetti from Nicoletto's Pasta Co. @nicolettospasta

Donations like this help our kitchens prepare nourishing meals that are shared with community partners across Nashville.

Thank you for helping ensur

Our community markets bring fresh, affordable produce closer to where people already are, from WeGo Central downtown to Growing Together Farmers Market in South Nashville.

Come support local farmers and small businesses, bring home something fresh,

Community Meal Partner Feature: Firm In Totality 💚
@firmintotality

Every week, more than 50 community partners help ensure our meals reach neighbors across Nashville. While we prepare and share nourishing food, partners like Firm In Totality provid

Staff Spotlight 🌿
Our team brings people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food with the goal of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in Nashville.

We're grateful for team members like Latosha, whose work as Meals Coordinator hel

This week, our kitchens will prepare 5,185 meals for neighbors across Nashville.

Each meal is shared through nonprofit partners whose programs offer care in many forms, including after-school activities, workforce development, ESL classes, emergency

WeGo Market brings fresh, local food closer to where people already are.

Volunteers help make this weekly market welcoming and accessible for transit riders, downtown workers, and neighbors shopping for affordable farm-fresh produce at WeGo Central.

We welcome in-kind donations of food items that can be used in nourishing meals for our neighbors across the city. This month, we are especially looking for pantry staples like cooking oils, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, unseasoned canned black bean

This month, we're reflecting on the steady care it takes to keep nourishing food within reach.

From summer meals for children to fresh food access across the city, our work depends on trusted partners, daily coordination, and the belief that everyon

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first All About Compost workshop last week.

If you missed it, we have one more coming up. Join us at The Nashville Food Project HQ to learn how food scraps and garden waste can become one of your garden's

Through Sweet Peas: Summer Eats for Kids, our team prepared and delivered nourishing meals to children spending their summer days at camps, community centers, and partner sites across Middle Tennessee.

Thanks in part to the support of our longtime p

In July, 20 food donors helped us recover 44,767 pounds of fresh food, keeping good food out of the waste stream and moving it toward tables across Nashville. Food recovery is one way we care for both our neighbors and the resources already around us

2,910 meals will be prepared this week.

These meals will be shared by poverty-disrupting nonprofit partners across Nashville alongside vital community programs, including after-school activities, workforce development and job training programs, ESL

Meet Our New Staff 💛

Please join us in officially welcoming LuLu and Cato to The Nashville Food Project's Community Agriculture Team.

From community engagement to garden operations, they bring deep experience, care, and a shared passion for helpin

The season moves quickly. 🌱💛

A little planning now can mean a bountiful harvest later. Swipe to see key planting deadlines for summer crops and make the most of the growing season.

Please join us in celebrating Avery, Cora, and Emma, our 2026 summer interns.

Throughout the summer, they have been learning alongside our team and contributing to the work behind the scenes, from supporting donor relationships and storytelling to e

We've been featured in this week's Nashville Scene (@nashvillescene) cover package on the state of farming in Middle Tennessee. In her piece, Julianne Akers (@by.julianneakers) shares the story of our Community Agriculture Network and the neighbors,

What's growing? 🌱❤️

• Growing Together Farm: Pabitra and her family's plots are full of color and abundance, with flowers and food growing side by side.

• Community Farm at Mill Ridge: Red clover is helping build healthy soil, support po