Fresh Harvest Kit
Fresh Harvest Kits
Fresh Harvest Kits are free ready-to-make meal kits containing farm fresh vegetables, pantry staple items (such as pasta, tuna, or beans), a seasoning packet from Savory Spice, and a recipe card to create a nutritious and delicious meal on a budget. Kits contain recipes in English and Spanish.
How it works
HDFFA coordinates with farmers, hunger relief agencies/pantries and volunteers to prepare the Fresh Harvest Kits. Clients can access the kits from a participating pantry.
Contact Info
Emily Ralston
Rural Food Security Coordinator
emily@hdffa.org
Where Can I Pick Up a Kit?
- The Giving Plate (Bend), year-round
- Kiwanis Food Pantry (Sisters) Jun–Oct
- Wellhouse Market (Sisters), Jun–Oct
- Council on Aging, Sisters Meals on Wheels (Sisters, Bend, and Redmond), June–Oct
- Our Savior Lutheran Church, OSU Extension, and Oregon Department of Human Services (Prineville), Jun–Sept
- Warm Springs Community Action Team (Warm Springs), July–Sept
- La Pine Community Kitchen (La Pine), June–Oct
- Madras Community Food Pantry (Madras), June–Oct
Fresh Harvest Kit Recipes – Cook Delicious Food on a Budget!
Click on a tab below
- Sides | A Lado
- Pasta
- Soup | Sopa | Chili
- Oven, Pan & Skillet | Comidas en Horno y Sartén
- Salad | Ensalada
- How to | Cómo Hacer
- Breakfast for Dinner
- Harvest Pizza
- Flaky White Fish with Roasted Root Veggies
- Peanut Butter Noodle Stir Fry
- Stuffed Peppers
- Tuna Cakes with Roasted Root Veggies
- One Skillet Potato Hash
- Three Sisters Fritters
- Rice Pudding and Rhubarb Compote
- Stovetop Rhubarb Crisp
- Healthy Stuffed Chiles
- Corn and Zucchini Tacos
- Desayuno Para la Cena
- Fiedos al Estilo Asiático con Cacahuates y Verduras
- Frittatas Tres Hermanas
- Picadillo de Papa al Sartén
- Pimientos Rellenos y Arroz
- Tartas de Atún y Hortalizas De Raiz Asadas
- Arroz con Leche Rápido con Compota de Ruibarbo
- Tarta Crujiente de Fresa y Rubarbo en la Estufa
- Chiles Rellenos Saludables
- Tacos de Maiz y Calabacin
Start Your Own Fresh Harvest Kit Program!
Download our How-To Guide and recipes for use in your very own Fresh Harvest Kit program. Interested in starting a Fresh Harvest Kit project at your food pantry or agency? Please contact us!
Key Partners
- Warm Springs Community Action Team – Providing Kits during the summer season at the Thursday Market in Warm Springs
- Savory Spice Shop – Great spice packets
- Seed to Table – First Sisters, Oregon partner farm that continues providing kits in their community
- The Giving Plate – our first Bend food pantry partner
- Crook County on The Move, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Prineville, – providing kits during the summer months in Prineville
- Council on Aging – distributes Fresh Harvest Kits to seniors through the Meals on Wheels program
“We believe in giving our guests the best food possible…just because someone is in need, doesn’t mean that they deserve less than someone who isn’t… HDFFA means a lot to us because they help us offer our guests the balanced nutrition they deserve.”
Ranae Staley, Executive Director of The Giving Plate, Bend OR
Our Impact Since 2018
- 8,920 Fresh Harvest Kits packaged and provided to families
- 34,164 meals created from Fresh Harvest Kits
- 49,573 lbs. of fresh local produce distributed to Bend, La Pine, Prineville, Sisters, and Warm Springs
Thank you to our funders:
- Central Oregon Health Council
- Deschutes County ARPA
- Oregon Health Authority
- Republic Services Charitable Foundation
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Community Food Project
