Cul2vate Real Food Box
Real Food. Real Impact.
At Cul2vate, we believe everyone deserves access to healthy, nourishing food. We believe no one should have to choose between paying rent, filling a prescription, or feeding their family wholesome food. Our Real Food Box Program provides families and individuals across Middle Tennessee with fresh, high-quality ingredients while creating meaningful employment and job training opportunities for individuals rebuilding their lives.
Each Real Food Box features fresh produce grown by Cul2vate, complemented by quality proteins and nutritious pantry staples made possible through partnerships with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, Green Farms, and local Middle Tennessee pork producers. Designed to feed a family for approximately 5–7 days, every box provides the ingredients needed to prepare wholesome, balanced meals while increasing access to healthy food.
Real Food Boxes are distributed to communities where access to nutritious food is often limited—including affordable housing communities, family resource centers, recovery and transitional housing programs, and juvenile detention and residential treatment facilities. From affordable housing communities to juvenile detention centers, the program helps ensure healthy, nutritious food reaches those who need it most.
What makes the program unique is that the produce is grown, harvested, packed, and delivered by Cul2vators—individuals overcoming barriers such as incarceration, addiction, homelessness, and unemployment. Through meaningful work, mentorship, and agricultural training, participants gain valuable job skills while helping feed their neighbors.
Every Real Food Box creates a triple impact:
- Feeds a family with healthy food for 5–7 days.
- Provides meaningful employment and workforce development for individuals building a brighter future.
- Strengthens local food systems by combining Cul2vate-grown produce with foods sourced through trusted community partners and Tennessee producers.
Together with our community partners, we’re not just filling boxes—we’re growing food, cultivating opportunity, restoring hope, and building healthier communities.
Growing Food. Growing People.