Rows for the Hungry is a group of volunteers from Middlesex County in New Jersey who are growing and donating fresh produce.
Rows for the Hungry is a legacy donation garden located at the Earth Center in North Brunswick, NJ. The primary objective is to increase food donations to various clients while creating a comprehensive "mini-farm" program for volunteers with tutorials and hands on experience. We are part of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners Program.
Rows for the Hungry seeks to expand the community outreach for local food garden programs, offer educational / volunteer opportunities for children and educate the public about issues of food security. In 2020 well over 10,000 pounds of fresh vegetables and fruit were donated to the community.
Sign up to volunteer here.
See below for additional information about some of our clients and more about the EARTH center in North Brunswick.
Earth Center Conservancy
The Earth Center Conservancy Inc., a nonprofit organization, promotes the conservation of natural resources, environmental stewardship, horticulture and gardening. To conserve, develop and expand the Earth Center’s horticulture education programs. To build public and community relations, both to generate resources and to encourage earth stewardship and gardening, with all their benefits for the citizens of Middlesex County and neighboring communities. To secure adequate financial support for the ongoing needs of the Earth Center through grant writing and fundraising.
Elijah’s Promise
Elijah's Promise is a community kitchen in New Brunswick, NJ that harnesses the power of food to break the cycle of poverty, alleviate hunger, and change lives. It opened in 1989.
Elijah’s Promise harnesses the power of food within our job training curriculum, community garden programming, social service assistance to individuals and families, community focused nutrition classes, social enterprise food businesses, and community food systems advocacy.
Replenish (Formally MCFOODS)
Replenish Middlesex County financially supports organizations that feed the hungry.
Building on what MCFOODS originally started in 1994, REPLENISH is a collaboration of many partnerships working together to end hunger. Local governments, nonprofit agencies, community food pantries, food banks, soup kitchens. social service organizations, businesses, schools and houses of worship all work together through REPLENISH to help achieve our mission.
Hands of Hope
Hands of Hope is located in Edison, NJ and is dedicated to efficiently distributing food to alleviate hunger in our community. Our food drive focuses on sustaining good nutrition, health, and human dignity, helping individuals meet their full potential and silence the pain of hunger.