At TNFP, we are always seeking creative ways to use the food in our care to better support our community. The result? Over 30 unique partnerships, each formed to match the needs of that unique community, from a fresh market set-up at a retirement community, to stocking comfort food for children waiting for placement in a foster or kinship home…
Salmon Cakes
Much of our food recovery efforts are through ongoing Food Donation Partnerships with local grocers, farmers, markets and restaurants. Every day, we’re astounded by the generosity and creativity of these partners…
Wasted Food = Wasted Nutrition
We’ve all been there before - the broccoli stems left over after a dinner party, strawberries that you meant to eat but didn’t get to - all thrown out and wasted. 40-percent of all food produced is wasted while at the same time 1 in 7 children are struggling with hunger according to Feeding America. Believe it or not, there are some staggering nutritional benefits to lowering your food waste…
Painting a Future Together
How do you create a community? It’s a big question with a complex answer. At The Nashville Food Project we believe it happens one meal and one relationship at a time. St. Luke’s Community House and TNFP are teaming up to paint a future filled with connection and meals for even more Nashvillians by sharing a space at St. Luke's called the Mural Room.
Dead Nettle, Henbit, Chickweed, Bedstraw
This spring, staff from local garden care company, The Weeding Woman, led TNFP's garden staff in a workshop on... you guessed it... weeds! Our Production Garden Assistant, Jacob Siegler, reflects on the experience.
Hummingbird Cake
Ode to Truck #1
Growing Together’s New Fall CSA
Strobel Award Recognitions
Scaling Back Nashville's Free School Lunch Program
The Heroes Among Us
A No-Waste Cooking Class
Fannie Lou Hamer: Farmer, Activist, Visionary
Wedgewood Towers Grows Community
Behind the Scenes for our Episode of Trisha’s Southern Kitchen
Oh, the Places You'll Go
For Everyone Born
Recent proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) suggest a shake-up may be in store for one of our country’s most important safety net programs. This has a team talking about what we believe to be essential ingredients of effective food support.