The Nashville Food Project is a local nonprofit with the mission to bring people together to grow, cook and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city. We believe food can be a powerful tool to foster health, belonging, and justice in our community. We know that one in seven people in Nashville lacks access to enough food to sustain a healthy lifestyle. But we also know that more than 40% of all the food in our city goes to waste.
That's why we...
Grow — organic food intensively and share resources with others interested in growing their own food, stewarding the land we work with its health in mind.
Cook — use recovered food that would otherwise go into landfills, donated, and garden-grown food to prepare and cook made-from-scratch meals.
Share — nourishing meals in partnership with local poverty-disrupting nonprofits and community groups.