Farm Fresh Produce Bag Packers

We are looking for volunteers to help pack bags of fresh produce for families in our community nutrition programs. Our farm produce hub is located in Derwood, MD; we are co-located at Common Root Farm.

We pack produce for our two programs - "Food Is Medicine", supporting low income residents managing their diet related chronic disease through healthy food access, and our "Farm to School program", supporting families experiencing nutrition insecurity in MCPS schools.

Produce is packed every Wednesday from 11 am - 5pm in shifts of 2 hours (but if you can't stay the whole time, we're glad to have you for an hour too!)

Volunteer packers will help the Community FarmShare team assemble fruits and vegetables into approx. 500 individual bags that will be delivered to families across the county.

We pack each week from late May to early November. We'd love to have volunteers sign up for multiple weeks at a time - it's nice to connect with the team (6-8 volunteers each week) and helps us be more efficient too :)

Community FarmShare strives to build community and offers opportunities to connect with other volunteers and stakeholders through various activities. We look forward to serving our communities together with you!