The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island Growing Food To Help Food Pantries


New Yorkers love to garden. They grow vegetables in their roof top gardens, fruit on their patios and terraces, and herbs in window box and kitchen gardens. Some even have backyard vegetable gardens or fruit trees. Nothing is better than freshly picked produce.

Once you have harvested your crop, if you can share some of your bounty, AmpleHarvest.org can find you local food pantry eager for help..

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What do Food Pantries Need?
You name it.... tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, squash, brocholli, peas, potatoes, onions, carrots, and herbs of all kinds. If you have the sun, the soil and a bit of luck, you can grow your own food and share it with a food pantry or food bank.
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One out of eight Americans needs food assistance, but can't get fresh produce from the local food pantry. New Yorkers bringing garden vegetables to a food pantry
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free... Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp besides the golden door!"
Millions of American homeowners grow more food in their backyard gardens than they can possibly use.

It Doesn't Have to Be This Way....

The AmpleHarvest.org campaign diminishes hunger by enabling gardeners to share their excess garden produce with neighborhood food pantries in New York City.


If you are in need of food assistance for your family, please click here