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The produce aisle, delivered to the front door.

We run free farmers markets inside affordable housing communities — real produce, chosen by residents, at no cost and with no eligibility paperwork. Philanthropic support is what lets us open markets where they're needed most.

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501(c)(3) · EIN 85-2400169 Founded 2020 190+ communities in 21 states and DC Free for residents, always
The model

A farmers market that comes to you.

Most food assistance asks people to travel to it. Ours arrives at the property. Our drivers bring the food into the leasing office or community room and set it out on tables — and the property's own resident services team takes it from there.

1

We source at wholesale

Produce is bought direct from farms and wholesalers through a centralized network — no retail markup, no store overhead.

2

We deliver it inside and set it out

Our drivers bring the food to the leasing office or community room and lay it out on tables, ready to hand out. Nobody at the property sources food, manages vendors, or files reimbursements.

3

On-site staff run the distribution

Each property's own resident services team gives the food to their residents. It's free, with no income screening and no sign-up. They already know their community; we handle everything upstream of the table.

4

It repeats, on a schedule

Markets run on a predictable cadence so residents can plan around them and properties can budget for the year. Because we don't staff each site, the model scales from one property to hundreds.

Produce laid out for residents at a market Unloading a pallet of fresh food
Deliveries arrive by the pallet; the market is set out on site.
Reach

Built to run anywhere in the country.

Our model is centralized sourcing plus regional delivery, which means a new market isn't limited by where we already operate. If a partner has properties in a state we've never served, we can build the supply chain for it.

1.3M+Meals delivered to date
190+Communities served
20K+People fed every month
50States we can deliver to
Meals delivered is cumulative since 2020 and includes donated produce distributed under our former name, Central MA Food Rescue. Meal equivalents use the Feeding America standard of 1.2 pounds per meal. Community count reflects properties served in 2026.

Currently operating in 21 states and DC

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Not on this list? That's a track record, not a service area. Tell us where your properties are and we'll build the market there.
What a gift buys

One dollar. One pound.

Because we buy at wholesale and deliver direct, a dollar here puts a full pound of fresh produce into a resident's hands — sourcing, transport and delivery included.

$1 = 1 lb
Average all-in cost per pound of fresh food delivered, including sourcing and logistics.
At the Feeding America standard of 1.2 pounds per meal, that works out to roughly $1.20 per meal. Retail grocery would cost about three times as much for the same food.
$6,000
1 community
funded for a full year
$25,000
4 communities
funded for a full year
$50,000
8 communities
funded for a full year
$100,000
16 communities
funded for a full year
Based on an average annual program cost of roughly $6,000 per community. Cost figures are internal operating estimates.
Who this reaches

Fresh food, for people it usually skips.

Residents choosing produce at a market
From a partner property

One resident we serve remembers when fresh vegetables felt like a luxury she couldn't afford. Living on a fixed income, most of her budget went to rent and to medication for her diabetes. She relied heavily on canned and processed food from the pantry, which made managing her blood sugar steadily harder.

When Full Belly Foods began running markets at her community, she was among the first to come. Each month she now picks up crisp lettuce, ripe tomatoes, sweet peppers and seasonal fruit — food that has changed both her meals and her health, and that she tells our partners she looks forward to cooking again.

Shared with us by the resident services team at a partner affordable housing organization. Written about the resident rather than quoted directly; name and identifying details withheld.
The ask

There are communities we can't reach yet.

We're not running a capital campaign. Most of our program is funded by the housing operators we work with — but demand keeps outrunning what those budgets can carry. Every month we hear from communities whose residents need this and whose funding can't cover it.

Philanthropic support is what lets us say yes to them. A gift underwrites markets at properties that want the program and can't pay for it — and every site we open stays open.

Start a conversation

Whether you'd like to underwrite markets in communities that can't fund them, or you have properties that need the program — this reaches Ben directly.

Or email ben@fullbellyfoods.com directly. Ben replies personally, usually within one business day.