ABOUT HOPE'S HARVEST

We envision strong and connected communities where farmers are honored, valued, and compensated for their contributions; neighbors get their hands dirty and have fun helping each other; and everyone enjoys an abundance of fresh, healthy food.

It is unacceptable for our friends and neighbors to be hungry while good food goes to waste. Nourishing the RI community with fresh, healthy, locally grown produce is an act of love and justice with the power to transform our world.

We at Hope’s Harvest aim to address hunger in our communities respectfully and effectively. So we can do this, let’s all get on the same page about the root causes of food insecurity! When we talk about hunger, it’s important to understand the reasons why people currently struggle to access food, especially food that is locally grown, fresh, and nourishing. Not only did slavery and European colonization build the agriculture system that we know today in the United States, but the effects of systemic racism and colonialism continue to cut many people and communities off from affordable and healthy sources of food even now. We at Hope’s Harvest recognize that our building as well as the farms and hunger relief agencies that we partner with are located on the traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous peoples including the Narragansett, Niantic, Nipmuc, Pokanoket, and Wampanoag. In what is now called the United States of America, our food system was built on this stolen land, as well as the forced labor of enslaved Africans, Native peoples, migrants, and other vulnerable populations. By bringing up these realities, we aren’t looking to place blame, but rather to give ourselves a fuller picture of the context of us coming together today. Hope’s Harvest always strives to ground our work in respect for this land, these people, and those in our communities who struggle with food insecurity today because of these legacies of inequality. 

We appreciate your willingness to be on a learning journey with us about these topics, and how we meaningfully address them today, with our work, and our shared commitment to righting the wrongs of the past. We encourage you to reach out to our team if you have any questions or feedback on these topics– we’re all learning together, and Hope’s Harvest is here to support ongoing understanding.