New Jersey Gleaning & Food Recovery Organizations
America’s Grow-a-Row
New Jersey based nonprofit organization that organizes planting and harvesting of crops for donation and engages in grocery store gleaning of unwanted food for delivery to food desert areas throughout the state. The website includes information for volunteers and others.
150 Pittstown Road, Pittstown, NJ 08867 Gleaning Type: On-farm, Food recovery, Other support (software, management, etc.) Organization Type: Nonprofit
Americas Gleaned Seafood
In 2018, Americas Gleaned Seafood, (AGS) a New Jersey 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was formed to make fresh, NJ caught, protein-rich seafood available to New Jersey’s food banks on a regular, sustainable basis. AGS recruits fishing co-ops, docks, and commercial fishermen and each port maintains seafood gleaning boxes where fishermen can deposit their bycatch donations. Seafood processing partners pick up and process the gleaned seafood (clean, filet, freeze, and package at a reduced cost), which are labeled and delivered to partnering food banks. From there, the seafood (along with simple, corresponding recipes) is distributed to families in need through the food banks' pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other programs.
PO Box 94, 1903 Central Avenue, Lavallatte, NJ 08735 Gleaning Type: On-farm, Food recovery Organization Type: Nonprofit
Bushels of Blessings
Bushels of Blessings is a gleaning ministry that operates in Carney Point, NJ. They work to glean surplus produce from local farms to support local hunger relief organizations and those who face food insecurity. Their mission is to ensure no one in their community goes to bed hungry.
380 Georgetown Rd, Carneys Point, NJ 08069 Gleaning Type: On-farm Organization Type: Religious affiliation, Nonprofit
Foodshed Alliance’s LocalShare program
FoodShed Alliance Local Share was founded in 2012 in Hope New Jersey. Started with a focus on reducing food waste on farms with a pay what you can dinners on local farms. They quickly noted the scale of the problem. Currently, they glean from small farms with the help of volunteers from May to December.
326 High St, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 Gleaning Type: Urban, On-farm Organization Type: Nonprofit
Move for Hunger
By teaming up with relocation companies across the country, Move For Hunger is creating one of the nations largest year-round service programs. Our movers offer to pick up non-perishable food items from those who are moving and deliver it to their local food banks. We also work closely with farms to assist with gleanings and other food bank transports.
4 Hendrickson Ave #4 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Gleaning Type: Residential, Food recovery, Urban Organization Type: Nonprofit, Paid staff
New Jersey Agricultural Society
New Jersey based nonprofit organization that operates the Farmers Against Hunger Program to provide farmers the infrastructure and support to move surplus crops to food banks and food pantries. The website includes information for farmers and volunteers.
1200 Florence Columbus Road, Bordentown, NJ 08505 Gleaning Type: On-farm Organization Type: Nonprofit
NJ Farmers Against Hunger
New Jersey Farmers Against Hunger offers both gleaning and redistribution services to farms that have a surplus of produce throughout New Jersey. They aid in gleaning produce, but also offer the vital service of connecting the gleaned produce with those facing food insecurity and hunger relief organizations. During winter and off-season months, they glean from grocery stores and wholesalers to provide fresh produce year round to those who need.
1200 Florence Columbus Rd, Columbus, NJ 08022 Gleaning Type: On-farm, Distribution, Food recovery Organization Type: Nonprofit, All volunteer
Table to Table
Northern NJ based nonprofit that recovers food unable to be sold from a variety of vendors and delivers food free of charge to needy communities in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, and Essex counties. The website includes information for volunteers, food donors and others.
611 Route 46 West, Suite 240 Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604 Gleaning Type: Food recovery, Distribution Organization Type: Nonprofit
The Bullock Garden Project
We are dedicated to empowering individuals, groups, and organizations, focusing on people within marginalized communities, in creating sustainable agriculture and incorporating garden education through building community sustainability awareness; partnering with community and green industry organizations; strengthening social/emotional development and well-being and nurturing independence through experiential learning and garden-based education; and inspiring future leaders to support green initiatives.
15 High Street East, Suite I, Glassboro, NJ 08208 Gleaning Type: On-farm, Urban Organization Type: Nonprofit
