12,186 pounds donated + 40,178 pounds gleaned in 2025!
Plot Against Hunger program collects fresh produce from gardens at homes, faith-based organizations, schools, and community gardens, and gleans produce at local farms to donate to local food pantries for our neighbors in need of supplemental groceries. Our Produce Bagging Center accepts your garden produce, prepares it for food pantry clients, and delivers the same day. Plot Against Hunger cultivates a community of gardeners, supporting gardeners with seeds and seedlings and technical assistance. Every March, the growing season starts with the Spring Garden Kickoff where gardeners can meet each other and learn new skills.
Get Involved!
Donate your garden produce
2026 Donation Center will open in mid-May!
Our Produce Donation Center is located at Rock Spring Church, 5010 Little Falls Road in Arlington. We welcome all amounts, starting with those extra vegetables you won’t use. We also have a list of food pantries that directly take produce if you aren’t available during drop off times. Just let us know what you donate here.
Volunteer
We have a number of volunteer opportunities in existing Plot gardens in Arlington, helping out at the produce bagging center, gleaning at local farms and orchards, serving on the Plot Against Hunger Committee, or otherwise supporting our efforts. We are also always looking for new Plot Against Hunger Gardens!
Seeds and Seedlings
Arlington Virginia Cooperative Extension and Plot Against Hunger distribute donated seeds to Plot gardens, community gardens, and other gardeners in the spring. Plot Against Hunger Program is also coordinating an exchange of seedlings between seedling growers and PLOT gardens that need seedlings.
Learn Gardening Skills
From our Wednesday night Garden Talks at Central Library, the Spring Garden Kickoff, and YouTube channel, we have a number of ways for you to learn gardening! Our partners also offer events which we love to highlight and attend.
Plot Against Hunger Partners
The Plot Against Hunger Program partners include Arlington Virginia Cooperative Extension, Marymount University, Master Gardeners, Master Food Volunteers, Arlington County Library, food pantries, and individual gardens and gardeners. It began at Arlington Food Assistance Center in 2007 and was transferred to FOUA in 2021.
Latest News
Lessons from a Tokyo Urban Farm – Aug 29
In part one of a cultural exchange, Friends of Urban Agriculture and Study Japanese in Arlington (SJA) invite you to meet urban farmer Utsumi-san and learn about his orchard and urban vegetable farm located in Setagaya City. A short pre-recorded interview will be followed …
Read moreThe Big Green Bean Glean of 2022
Have you heard of a “Green Bean Bee”? It’s sort of like a quilting bee, but with green beans. To glean green beans, at the farm we pull up the entire plant (otherwise we would be in the field for …
Read more2022 Garden Talks
Wednesdays May – August at 7 pm, in Library Garden by main parking lot entrance Free, no registration required Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy Street Sponsored by Friends of Urban Agriculture and Master Gardeners in partnership with Arlington County …
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