At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Berry Center and Our Home Place Meat partnered with more than 10 hunger relief organizations to provide meat to 30,000 of Louisville’s most food insecure families. We were the only organization in the area that was able to quickly source meat to fill this need. Since our first donations in 2020, The Berry Center and Our Home Place Meat have donated nearly $300,000 worth of humanely raised meat to Kentucky’s most vulnerable residents as a result of disaster and economic crises. 

The Berry Center has committed to address both chronic and crisis related food insecurity by establishing a permanent philanthropic enterprise through which we consistently supply local meat to food banks and organizations feeding our food insecure neighbors.

Join us in creating a regional food system that supports farmers while supplying healthy, local meat to vulnerable populations. 

This campaign consists of two phases. In the first we will raise $100,000 to donate meat for approximately 17,000 meals annually. In phase two we will maintain consistent donations and work to grow the program by 10%. 

We hope to grow our philanthropic meat donations and build relationships with funders to continue this practice in perpetuity. 

A smaller, regional food system is key to bridging our urban-rural divide. We are working toward an equitable farming future that cares for the earth and for farmers, and where all families have access to healthy, local food.