YMCA Southcoast’s mission is the improvement of the spiritual, mental, social, educational, and physical conditions of all persons. It has provided health and social services throughout the southcoast region for 150 years.
Sharing the Harvest Community Farm (STH), a project of YMCA Southcoast, is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven community farm established in 2006 as a grassroots effort to alleviate hunger for families on the south coast of Massachusetts.
The Rhode Island Food Policy Council is building a more equitable, accessible, economically vibrant, and environmentally sustainable food system in Rhode Island.
Land For Good (LFG) aims to keep farmland in farming. LFG’s mission is to ensure the future of farming in New England by putting more farmers more securely on more land. LFG aspires to a secure local and regional food supply, and healthy food access for all. LFG has a track record as an organic ag supporter. For over a decade, LFG has provided land access training and advising to organic farmers in collaboration with the Organic Farming Associations in New England.
DC Central Kitchen’s (DCCK’s) mission is to use food as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities. We train people with high barriers to employment for culinary careers and employ more than 130 of our graduates in our social enterprises, fighting hunger’s immediate effects and root causes through innovative partnerships with local farms, front-line nonprofits, schools, and corner stores.
SPROUT supports established and developing small-scale and sustainable farmers in Louisiana with technical and social support to build a stronger, more equipped community of growers in Louisiana and help all New Orleanians be part of a community food system.
Our mission is to ensure sustainable fisheries, resilient communities, and a healthy ocean for years to come. Our 10-year vision is that Monterey Bay is home to a thriving fishing community, supported by local consumers, and contributing to a resilient regional food system. To achieve this, we are putting more local food on local dinner tables by increasing food equity and security, supporting working waterfronts, ensuring dollars spent locally are reinvested locally, and building community.
The Rhode Island Public Health Institute’s mission is to eliminate health disparities in Rhode Island and beyond. RIPHI oversees direct service programs, policy advocacy, research, and trains the public health workforce. RIPHI’s diverse team of public health experts, researchers, and medical providers work collaboratively to eliminate health disparities, solve complex public health challenges, and improve community health.
As a founding hospital in the Lifespan health system, Rhode Island Hospital and its pediatric division, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, are committed to its mission: Delivering health with care. The Rhode Island Hospital Foundation implements a Food is Medicine program which connects food insecure and medically fragile families with local, healthy, and culturally appropriate food.
Community Kitchens Collaborative strives to end economic inequality, poverty, food waste, and hunger in our communities. Programs and services include hunger relief, food waste prevention, local food aggregation/food hub, and an incubator kitchen.
The mission of FoodRecovery.org is to recover surplus food that would be sent to landfills. While hunger continues to be one of the most urgent issues, the United States wastes 119 billion pounds of food. According to the USDA, over one third of food produced goes to waste, while 1 in 8 individuals are food insecure. The issue of hunger and wasted food seem counterintuitive, and FoodRecovery.org exists to connect these issues to fight food insecurity and protect our environment. All for free.