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Rolling Harvest awarded 1st place for Healthy Food Access and Nutrition

February 1, 2024 Jennifer Announcements, Featured

Social Innovations Journal announce the WINNERS of the 2024 Greater Philadelphia Social Innovations Awards.

On Thursday, January 25, 2024, The Social Innovations Journal (SIJ) hosted the 2024 Greater Philadelphia Innovation Awards where Greater Philadelphia’s Social Sector Leaders presented the 2024 65 Finalists and Winners selected through an open nomination and voted upon by over 3500 residents of Greater Philadelphia.

Cathy Snyder and Rolling Harvest Food Rescue was awarded 1st place for Healthy Food Access and Nutrition. Innovative providing affordable, accessible, and healthy food.

The Social Innovations Journal (SIJ) Awards is dedicated to health and social innovators and entrepreneurs who work at the cross section between the private sector, government, and not-for-profits and aligns them toward collective health and social impact goals and public policy. Social Innovations Journal chronicles social innovations and enterprises addressing the world’s most challenging issues surrounding health and social policy, leadership, human capital, and systems. In collaboration wit government, philanthropy, not-for-profits and universities, the Journal bridges formal research and real-life experience. The Innovation Awards is a way to recognize agencies and leaders doing innovative work.

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Rolling Harvest Food Rescue founder retires; new executive director named

January 18, 2024 Jennifer Announcements, Featured, In The Media, Press Releases

Posted in the Bucks County Herald on Thursday, January 18, 2024

Rolling Harvest Food Rescue, a Bucks County nonprofit that connects local farmers with people in need, has announced personnel changes and additions.

Cathy Snyder, founder and executive director of the organization for the last 13 years, retired effective Jan. 1 of this year.

Snyder founded Rolling Harvest in 2010, after volunteering at a local food pantry and noticing the lack of fresh fruit and vegetables available. She approached local farmers and began “gleaning” surplus, unharvested produce from their fields to supply it to food pantries. Since inception, Rolling Harvest has provided over 4 million pounds of fresh local produce to over 80 food pantries, soup kitchens, and other human service organizations in Bucks, Hunterdon, Mercer, and Montgomery counties.

Of her time at Rolling Harvest, Snyder said, “My passion for the work we do has not diminished. And, aside from bringing my two beautiful, amazing children into this world, leading this organization has been the greatest honor of my life.” Snyder said she will continue to serve the organization as a senior advisor and honorary board member.

Snyder is being replaced by Elyse Yerrapathruni who previously worked for New Jersey Farmers Against Hunger. “Her years of relevant experience and passion leading that organization make her well qualified to lead Rolling Harvest,” says Snyder of her successor. “I’m confident that she will lead with a wonderful combination of heart, compassion, and thoughtful strategy.”

Other changes to the organization include the addition of new board and advisory board members. Stacy Denton, director of TRIO Upward Bound at Mercer County Community College has joined the Rolling Harvest Board of Directors. Tim Philpot, recently retired from United Way of Bucks County has joined the organization’s advisory board.

Senator Santarsiero Announces $49,405 in State Funds to Rolling Harvest Food Rescue

September 27, 2023 Jennifer Announcements, In The Media

BUCKS COUNTY – September 26, 2023 – Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) today announced $49,405 in state funds were awarded by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to Rolling Harvest Food Rescue to improve food storage and reduce food waste.

With the funds, provided through the Food Recovery Infrastructure Grant Program, Rolling Harvest will partner with Solly Brothers Farm to purchase a second 10 x 20 walk-in, outdoor refrigerated cooler to increase their safe food storage capacity and to use as a central Food Access Hub for food distribution in the region.

“The work of Rolling Harvest Food Rescue is critical to combatting food insecurity that affects too many individuals and families in Bucks County,” said Senator Santarsiero. “Through partnerships with local farms, Rolling Harvest helps reduce food waste and provide nutritious, local produce to those in need. I proudly supported this grant to increase the organization’s capacity to store thousands of pounds of fresh produce for community members in need.”

“On behalf of all of us with Rolling Harvest Food Rescue, please accept our sincere appreciation in helping us secure the recent $50,000 PA DEP Food Recovery Infrastructure Grant, said Cathy Snyder, Founder and Executive Director of Rolling Harvest Food Rescue. “One of the main barriers to being able to rescue and redistribute perfectly wholesome, healthy surplus food has always been a lack of available cold storage in Bucks County, and beyond. This grant helps remove that barrier by providing us with a new, large cooler facility in a central location, increasing our food recovery efforts with local farmers, food producers, and food retailers to benefit all of our neighbors in need struggling with food insecurity and lacking access to nutrition. Cold food storage means this precious and highly perishable food does not have to be left in the fields or sent to landfills.”

Rolling Harvest Food Rescue connects farmers with food pantries to eliminate waste and meet local demand. The organization works to increase access to donated fresh produce and other healthy foods to area hunger-relief sites that serve the at-risk, food-insecure population by providing local farmers and food producers with free, effective delivery and distribution of their surplus. Additional information about Rolling Harvest Food Rescue can be found on their website.

Food Recovery Infrastructure Grant funds are used for the procurement of eligible equipment to reduce food waste disposal from food retailers, wholesalers, agriculture organizations, farms and cooperatives by repurposing and redistributing apparently safe and wholesome foods to Commonwealth nonprofits that provide food to segments of the public.

For additional information on DEP’s action to reduce food insecurity click here.

We’re Hiring!

March 30, 2021 Jennifer Announcements, Cathy's Corner

2021 Nutrition and Culinary Education Outreach Summer Internship Opportunity!

2019 Interns: Emily Fithian (L) and Talya Adams (R)

Rolling Harvest Food Rescue’s mission is to rescue and share the abundant surplus from our local farms that used to be going to waste, and get this healthy food to our neighbors in need. We built our Nutrition and Culinary Outreach program to ensure that none of this great food goes unloved. It is so important that recipients know how to enjoy the fresh produce we provide and how to bring a new level of health and deliciousness to their family meals. If you agree, then help us teach healthy eating for life!

3 Upcoming Fresh Food Distributions at the Cure Insurance Arena

November 14, 2020 Jennifer Announcements, Featured

Special Food Distributions for our Neighbors in Need

Bountiful and healthy, fresh food for families in need.
No registration, no ID, no questions asked.

From 12:00 to 2:00 PM on the following three Fridays:

81 Hamilton Ave., Trenton NJ 08611
(Parking Lot #2 – South Lot of the Venue)

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The gleaning season has officially begun!

June 8, 2020 Jennifer Announcements, Cathy's Corner

So many of you have reached out to us to ask when on-farm and other volunteer opportunities will begin. We’ve been as eager as you to be together in the fields once again, and miss our extraordinary volunteers so much! So, we are beyond thrilled to announce the official start of this season’s farm gleanings.

Emergency Food Distribution this Friday, May 1

April 29, 2020 Jennifer Announcements, Featured

We would like to invite anyone in our community who finds themselves temporarily struggling to take care of their family’s basic needs. We are here for you!

Friday, May 1, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Our Lady of the Angels Parish, 540 Chestnut Ave., Trenton, NJ 08611, NJ
(link to Google Map)

Please come and collect a box of delicious healthy local fruits, vegetables and dairy, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

No registration or ID is required.

We will be practicing safe social distancing. Volunteers will be outfitted with masks, gloves and hand sanitizer.

Drive Through: we will gladly load your box of food directly into your car’s trunk to minimize contact, OR walk up option for those without vehicles.

Emergency Food Distribution this Saturday, April 18

April 15, 2020 Jennifer Announcements, Featured

We would like to invite anyone in our community who finds themselves temporarily struggling to take care of their family’s basic needs. We are here for you!

Saturday, April 18, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

American Legion, 322 North Union Street, Lambertville, NJ

Please come and collect a box of delicious healthy local fruits, vegetables and dairy, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

No registration or ID is required.

We will be practicing safe social distancing. Volunteers will be outfitted with masks, gloves and hand sanitizer.

DRIVE THROUGH ONLY, we will gladly load your box of food directly into your car‘s trunk or backseat to minimize contact.

Emergency Food Distribution this Friday, April 17

April 15, 2020 Jennifer Announcements, Featured

We would like to invite anyone in our community who finds themselves temporarily struggling to take care of their family’s basic needs. We are here for you!

Friday, April 17, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 2;00 PM

The College of New Jersey, Parking Lot 4 – across from Barnes & Noble
2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08638

Please come and collect a box of delicious healthy local fruits, vegetables and dairy, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

No registration or ID is required.

We will be practicing safe social distancing. Volunteers will be outfitted with masks, gloves and hand sanitizer.

DRIVE THROUGH ONLY, we will gladly load your box of food directly into your car‘s trunk or backseat to minimize contact.

Announcing – FREE FARM MARKET for Lambertville— special food distribution for our neighbors in need!

April 3, 2020 Jennifer Announcements, Featured

This Saturday, April 4th from 11 AM to 1 PM at Klines Court, Lambertville, NJ

We would like to invite anyone in our community who finds themselves temporarily struggling to take care of their family’s basic needs. We are here for you!

Please come and collect a box of delicious healthy local fruits, vegetables and dairy.

No registration or ID is required.

We will be practicing safe social distancing. Our community volunteers will be outfitted with masks, gloves and hand sanitizer.

If you come by car, we will gladly load your box of food directly into your car‘s trunk or backseat to minimize contact.

Rolling Harvest awarded 1st place for Healthy Food Access and Nutrition

Social Innovations Journal announce the WINNERS of the 2024 Greater Philadelphia Social Innovations Awards.

Rolling Harvest Food Rescue founder retires; new executive director named

Senator Santarsiero Announces $49,405 in State Funds to Rolling Harvest Food Rescue

We’re Hiring!

2021 Nutrition and Culinary Education Outreach Summer Internship Opportunity!

3 Upcoming Fresh Food Distributions at the Cure Insurance Arena

The gleaning season has officially begun!

Emergency Food Distribution this Friday, May 1

Emergency Food Distribution this Saturday, April 18

Emergency Food Distribution this Friday, April 17

Announcing – FREE FARM MARKET for Lambertville— special food distribution for our neighbors in need!

This Saturday, April 4th from 11 AM to 1 PM at Klines Court, Lambertville, NJ

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Announcing – FREE FARM MARKET for Lambertville— special food distribution for our neighbors in need!