Sharing Backyard Bounty

Providing fresh local produce to those in need.

Sharing Backyard Bounty involves creating a community network around sharing food that is grown by and for the EGP as well as helping to integrate fresh produce into food programs. Sharing Backyard Bounty ensures that fresh healthy food reaches those in need. This program serves to increase access to fresh local foods for community members who do not have adequate access to fresh produce and helps to create a sustainable community-based network around growing and sharing locally produced fruits and vegetables.

In 2009, 2800 lbs of produce was collected from both generous produce donors in the community and from our EGP garden sites and was distributed both to the Harvest Project and directly to residents of social housing complexes on the North Shore.