The Nashville Food Project

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5904 California Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209, USA

EIN Number: 45-2905951

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Phone: 615-460-0172

Hours: Closed

Mon - Fri 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)

Sat 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)

Sun Closed

Website: https://www.thenashvillefoodproject.org/

Email: info@thenashvillefoodproject.org

NTEE Code: K30: Food Programs

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

The Nashville Food Project brings people together to grow, cook and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Meals Program TNFP’s Meals Program cooks and shares thousands of made-from-scratch, nutritious meals and snacks each week in collaboration with anti-poverty and community building organizations in our city. By aligning food support with these vital programs and services -- such as job training, after school programs, ESL classes, senior services, domestic violence shelter, and GED prep, among others -- we are able to enhance the impact of partners' work while simultaneously providing access to the basic need of nutritious food. These meals are significantly supported by TNFP’s food recovery efforts, through which we collect excess produce and other perishable foods from local farms, grocery stores, and restaurants. We work directly with local food vendors to recover the excess foods they cannot sell, providing hundreds of pounds of fresh ingredients for our meals, while greatly reducing the amount of food wasted in our community. Urban Agriculture Program TNFP’s Urban Agriculture Program includes vibrant production, community and market garden programming. In production gardens, volunteers support all aspects of growing organic produce for our kitchens, including turning the ground, planting seeds, weeding and harvesting fresh produce. In three community gardens, we provide a space for participants to grow food for themselves and their families, sharing resources of lands, tools, and garden training. And through an innovative market garden program, Growing Together, we support New Americans from farming backgrounds in growing produce to sell for personal income and building community food security along the way. Beyond the value of their earnings, farmers are able to reconnect with the practice of growing food, equipping participants with additional tools to improve their well-being through meaningful work. In these gardens, we are creating space for deep connection to the land and to diverse community-building strategies - places where both people and the land can heal. Food Recovery Much of our food recovery efforts are through ongoing donation partnerships with local grocers, farmers, markets and restaurants. Every day, we’re astounded by the generosity and creativity of these partners, who share not just their ‘seconds’ but their best. From a grocery bag filled with the first harvest of a backyard gardener, to over 20,000 pounds of fresh, never-frozen meat recovered from a local meat conference -- each bit of food shared is vital in supporting our mission to alleviate hunger and cultivate community. Social Ventures Use your purchasing power to support community food security here in Nashville! Whether you're a nonprofit looking for ongoing food support for your programs, an organization wanting event space or delicious catering, or a foodie interested in fresh, local produce, The Nashville Food Project offers a number of ways that can use your buying power to make real community impact.

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Services Offered

  • Agriculture Programs
  • Community Food Systems
  • Mobile Food Delivery Services
  • Social Enterprises

Populations Served

  • Economically Disadvantaged People
  • People Struggling with Homelessness

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