We launched Nourish Community, our perishable recovery and donation program, in May 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to address the dual challenges of increased lack of food access for our community and the loss of income for farmers due to restaurant closures and market changes.
Many Knoxville residents currently rely heavily on food pantries, which are often lacking in fresh foods. To both provide healthy food to those who need it and income for farmers who were facing wasting food or not growing at all, we started buying eggs and produce from local farmers and working with Beardsley Farm to pack and distribute food bags to community members in need. We continue to work with other organizations to ensure more Knox County neighbors receive fresh, healthy produce from local farmers.
In 2024, thanks to funding from Second Harvest of East Tennessee, we purchase from vendors at our Wednesday Market Square Farmers Market and Thursday New Harvest Farmers Market to donate to:
- BattleField Farm and Gardens‘ Fannie Lou Veggie Van serving East Knoxville south of Magnolia
- The Dream Center‘s Food Truck (mobile pantry) serving 10 locations around Knox County
To receive food, reach out to the partners listed
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Proud partner of Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee
This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number 21.027 awarded to Knox County by the U.S. Department of Treasury.
Nourish Knoxville is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Nourish Knoxville complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, gender, gender expression, or sex. If you need language
assistance or would like to report a concern, please contact Zoë Fuller with Nourish Knoxville at
zoe@nourishknoxville.org or 865-806-9271.