The other day we got a wonderful surprise in our inbox from local college student, Gabriella Syed, and now have seven insanely cool new ways to use our sweet potatoes!
This holiday season, we’re giving local communities in need access to free, fresh, produce in an effort to help get more healthy meals on the table.
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Life is too short to not make an impact. As a kid, I became obsessed with the idea of making the world a better place. In my early teens, I envisioned myself being a social entrepreneur and began working towards that goal every day. The past four years have been the best of my life. I have the best job on the planet - doing work I love, with people I love, while making a difference in our food system.
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A popular staple in many parts of the world, plantains are the ultimate Hungry Harvest crop because there is never a wrong time to eat them!
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Every once in a while we like to shine a little (well-deserved) light on one of our Hungry Harvest Ambassadors - the Superheroes who spread the word about Hungry Harvest produce & our mission: Meet Amanda Laddie - a zoo educator, blogger & true Hungry Harvest Hero!
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Farmers work from before dawn to well after dusk, seven days a week, throughout the heat of the summer and cold of the winter, to get food to our tables. This Thanksgiving, as we plan our holiday feast around their harvest, we are particularly thankful for our partner growers.
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Family dinners can be awkward at the best of times, but when family members travel from near and far to gather for Thanksgiving dinner, conversation can go downhill faster than you can call dibs on the turkey leg.Today, we want to offer you some tips on how you can turn a bad conversation to good, so you can reframe the dreaded table talk this Thanksgiving.
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Every year in America, we throw out more than 400 pounds of food per person. In the season of giving thanks and giving back, Hungry Harvest is bringing the mission to end this food waste to your Thanksgiving table. Starting next week, we'll be offering all the staples for your holiday feast (except the turkey) in our rescued produce add-on marketplace. In anticipation of our Thanksgiving marketplace, we asked some of our Hungry Harvest Heroes to share their tips for making a holiday full of meaning, and low on waste.
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In just over a year of the program’s existence we’ve provided over 70,000 pounds of reduced-cost produce through Produce in a SNAP to nearly 2,000 people. But this is just the beginning. Because we are looking at hunger and these systematic inequalities in access to healthy food from a business perspective, we can make a long-term, sustainable impact in people’s lives, while scaling this program to new markets.
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We've been so inspired by your #NoWasteBagLunch photo entries at our contest page over here, we jumped in the kitchen and started whipping up our own fall-welcoming bag lunches. We raided our harvests, broke out some of our favorite recipes and got to work! Check out some delicious lunch (with leftovers) ideas from Stacy, Will and Ariana.