Want to get your hands dirty, visit local farms, and support local communities facing food insecurity? Volunteer with us!
Hope's Harvest runs multiple 2-hour-long gleaning trips each week throughout the growing season in summer and fall at farms in RI and Southeastern MA. Each gleaning trip begins with an orientation and a harvesting demonstration for the crop(s) we are harvesting that day. Volunteers help us harvest, sort, and pack the gleaned produce for distribution.
Gleaning with us offers volunteers the opportunity to spend time outside on local farms with other volunteers and learn about local food systems while also giving back to their communities.
Register to Volunteer
Volunteers register on our website and can find volunteer opportunities for the upcoming week in our volunteer newsletter, which gets sent out every Saturday morning. There is no obligation to sign up for specific trips, and no previous training or skills are required to participate. You choose what date, time, and location works best for you.
About Hope's Harvest
Hope's Harvest, a program of Farm Fresh RI, mobilizes volunteers to rescue surplus food from local farms that would otherwise have gone to waste and distribute it to hunger relief agencies across Rhode Island. This practice, known as "gleaning," reduces food waste on farms, improves food security in our local communities, provides economic opportunities for local farmers through contracting and surplus purchasing, and improves community resilience by increasing the amount of locally grown produce consumed in RI.
Hope’s Harvest RI partners with farmers and food pantries to ensure that our friends and neighbors in need have access to fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables and our volunteers get their hands dirty making a tangible, positive difference for their communities.
Get connected: www.facebook.com/hopesharvest and www.instagram.com/hopesharvestri
