The Kitchens
The Nashville Food Project is a joyful place for people who love to cook and beginners alike. On any given day, you will find a diverse group of volunteers assembled for meal prep — college students elbow-to-elbow with formerly-incarcerated men and women, right next to a couple of seasoned seniors and a volunteer from a tony Green Hills address. Each one gladly shares the space, and their combined presence makes the preparation of our meals incredibly rewarding.
We use the freshest ingredients available, including several tons of produce we grow in our own production gardens each year, and tens of thousands of pounds of food gathered through our Food Recovery work. There’s a lot of creativity involved in planning meals based on what comes in and a lot of work for the volunteers who chop, slice, clean, assemble, blanch, compost and cook.
To share these meals, we work with other established nonprofits and community groups to better serve those who are facing barriers to nutritious food access in our city, including after school programs, ESL classes and emergency shelters. In this way, these meals create opportunities for our partners to focus their energy and resources on their unique missions.
Volunteer In Our Kitchens
We host meal prep sessions for volunteers of all skill levels six days each week in our two kitchens in the Nations neighborhood of West Nashville. Please sign up to volunteer with us in a meal prep session!