The Making a Difference Foundation (MADF) and Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank (ECP) began their gleaning program in 2024. All gleaned food goes directly to ECP’s produce market where they serve about 70,000 people monthly. While MADF does not have any issues distributing gleaned produce,…
The Farm to Full Bellies program, under the Making A Difference Foundation (MADF), is dedicated to addressing food insecurity while promoting equity within the local agricultural community. Its mission is to connect surplus produce from local farms to those in need, fostering a sustainable food…
City Fruit relies on individual donors for its funding. In the year 2023, individual giving made up 9% of total revenue. In 2022, individual contributions made up almost 18% of total revenue. Compared to many US gleaning and food access nonprofits, City Fruit’s individual donation…
Nonprofit organizations in the milieu of food systems and hunger relief have a lot in common in terms of their development practices in goals. Unfortunately, the work tends to be quite busy on a day-to-day basis, hindering the prospects for internal reflection as well as…
Creating the right environment where people can freely communicate and collaborate is essential for fostering collaboration, creativity, and shared goals. There are many ways to facilitate connection, or build relationships, between organizations in a community, but here are a few guidelines that may be helpful…
Second Harvest’s Gleaning Project aims to capture surplus produce throughout the Spokane area by mobilizing volunteers to harvest crops that would otherwise go to waste. Local farmers and residential fruit tree owners contact Second Harvest or Spokane Edible Tree Project to have a crew of gleaners come…
There are many reasons to start a seed library in your community. The specific reasons behind starting your community’s seed library may help inform your choice in finding a place to store, inventory, and disperse seeds. Work with your community to find the best model…
Under the gleaning project umbrella, Second Harvest has implemented a fruit tree registry geared towards salvaging fruit from residential and orchard trees. Homeowners ideally maintain and harvest their own fruit when possible. Second Harvest supplies the education (workshops), as well as picking boxes and transportation on harvest…
Working in collaboration with WSU Extension, and several likeminded community members, Second Harvest has incorporated a series of gardening workshops through its Plant a Row program. The goal is to help community members become more efficient gardeners to produce more for the community. The workshops…
Growing Food, Growing Community (GFGC) is the product of a motivated group of neighborhood volunteers who wanted to put a backyard greenhouse to good use. Over the past few years, they have connected with Lettuce Link to grow high-quality plant starts for P-Patch food bank gardeners. In…