FRESH Food Drive

This holiday season, help our market gleaning partners feed those in need! The FRESH Food Drive ensures that our vulnerable neighbors have access to fresh, wholesome food this Thanksgiving.

donate to the fresh food drive

Since 2010 we’ve hosted Thanksgiving Fresh Food Drives at our markets. Throughout November, we raise money from shoppers and community members to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables, and turkeys from our local farmers at market. This fresh market food is then given to the gleaning partner at each market and used to prepare Thanksgiving baskets or meals for neighbors in need. Here’s how it works:

  1. During the month of November, community members make donations to FRESHFARM at the market information tent or online.
  2. The week before Thanksgiving, FRESHFARM purchases fresh food at market and donates it to our gleaning partners.
  3. Gleaning partners prepare Thanksgiving meals for our hungry neighbors, using fresh food from the market.
  4. Our small farmers earn additional revenue as they head into the winter season.

donate to the fresh food drive

2022 Fresh Food Drive Participating Markets

Arlington

Ballston

By The White House

Columbia Heights (Wed)

Columbia Heights (Sat)

Downtown Silver Spring

Dupont (Sun)

Foggy Bottom

H Street NE

Monroe Street

Mosaic (Sun)

Mount Vernon Triangle

Oakton

Penn Quarter

Petworth

Reston

Springfield

Uptown

2022 Fresh Food Drive Participating Markets

AFAC

DC Central Kitchen

First Church-Christ Holiness

Food for Others

Food Rescue US – DC

Shepherd’s Table

Thrive DC

Ward 1 Mutual Aid

+One

Learn about our 2022 gleaning partners.