Food Grown Intentionally for Hunger Relief

Planting for the Pantry farms urban spaces throughout Columbia specifically for local food pantries and partners who fill the gaps in access to fresh foods. Each farmed space is in turn open to thousands of volunteers and visitors each season. The community joins us to develop greater knowledge and skills in growing food while caring for the land, and all while planting for the pantry.
What are we growing at each farm? Each season, donors generously “Sponsor a Row” so that we are able to plant the food of highest impact for local pantry users.
We ask those who use our produce what fruits, vegetables, and herbs they want to use more but have trouble accessing. Some produce we plant doesn’t typically show up as donations from other sources, sometimes it’s very specific to a culture’s cuisine. We spend the growing season with the help of volunteers harvesting the fresh foods local families want to eat, often foods that travel from farm to pantry to plate all in the same day.
Learn more at: ColumbiaUrbanAg.org/planting-for-the-pantry