Groundwork Milwaukee Partners with Fresh Food Connect to Engage Home Gardeners in Food Insecurity Relief
Milwaukee, WI, August 3, 2021 – Groundwork Milwaukee, a nonprofit focused on bringing about the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic and social well-being, has become one of 50 nonprofits around the country to launch a mobile app that directs home and community gardeners to donate their surplus fresh grown produce to support local hunger relief efforts.
Fresh Food Connect’s mobile app coordinates donations from home and community gardeners to local non-profit organizations working to address food insecurity on a local level. Gardeners download the app, and are prompted to indicate if they have surplus bounty to share. In zip codes across the country, home gardeners can easily arrange for extra produce to be picked up from their doorstep or delivered to a local organization providing free groceries.
“We are thrilled to partner with organizations across the country that support community members facing food insecurity. We know that gardeners are some of the most generous people around, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to engage them in the critical hunger relief efforts happening in their local communities,” said Kayla Birdsong, CEO of Fresh Food Connect. “If you are a gardener, just download the free app and you will be connected to an inspiring organization in your community.”
“Fresh Food Connect has allowed us to connect gardeners to local food relief efforts and provide crucially needed fresh produce to communities that lack access. I’m thrilled to start my mornings by picking up veggies to passionate gardeners and end my mornings by bringing those veggies to passionate food pantry coordinators,” says Samson Srok, Food Systems Specialist of Groundwork Milwaukee.
Fresh Food Connect has exciting plans for the 2021 growing season and is actively recruiting gardeners to share their bounty of surplus produce from their gardens to hunger relief centers. You can learn more about becoming a gardener and sign up here.
About Fresh Food Connect
Fresh Food Connect currently operates with local nonprofits across twenty states. As gardeners plant their vegetable beds, they can plant an extra row knowing that their bounty can be directed to those who need it most with Fresh Food Connect.
About Groundwork Milwaukee
Groundwork Milwaukee’s mission is to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic and social well-being.