Gainesville Giving Garden

The Gainesville Giving Garden strives to enable equitable access to quality food and the benefits that come with healthy eating. Quality food shouldn’t be exclusive to a specific income bracket. We believe that eating local, choosing organic, and supporting sustainable is key to a better world; one in which people and the environment are healthy, happy, and connected. Access to organic, fresh produce should be a right, not a privilege. We’re on a journey to bridge the gap between underserved community members and local, quality food. Our adventure began during Covid-19 with one acre of land, a dedicated team, and families wanting access to healthy food choices. At the Gainesville Giving Garden, we believe that food is medicine - for our bodies, for our minds, and for healing our disparate communities. Our donation farm partners with organizations working directly with our audience, so that we fill a gap rather than recreate what’s already in existence in Gainesville, Florida. We know that we can’t go it alone to achieve real impact. The organizations we partner with are led by community leaders who inform how we operate to best serve our audience and the Earth. Through partnerships with community development programs, we work to expand access to horticultural experiences and inspire connection to source. We partner with our local seed bank to promote seed sovereignty in our community by growing more resilient, regionally-adapted crops, and by providing an educational growing site for our seed stewards. Our distribution partners deliver our harvests directly to the doors of those who have voiced wanting fresh food but cannot afford it. These partnerships were established in an effort to not only learn from those already tapped into our community’s needs, but ultimately to allow our farm to expand access to food as medicine in Gainesville.