Ballard Food Bank

Ballard Food Bank piloted our gleaning program last fall, and it allows our volunteers to harvest fresh vegetables and fruit at the farm from July through December. In one week alone, staff and volunteers collected over 2,000 pounds of butternut squash.

Our city is stronger and safer when everyone has access to food, housing, senior and youth services, and healthcare. Our next city budget needs to deepen investment in human services and wage equity to address the significant challenges we face. You can help advocate for these priorities!

Right now, we need more food than ever before! As an organization dedicated to food access, we often need to get creative to meet the growing need. With more and more food distributed each year, we have diversified our food sources.

Making sure our neighbors get the food they need really is a community effort! We’re grateful for all the folks in our community who come together to share food including fresh produce with our shoppers. Right now, some of the freshest comes from local P-Patches that have shared about 3,000 pounds with our shoppers so far this season.