Incorporated in Jacksonville. At work in Springfield, in Southern Africa, and in the Caribbean.
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All ProgramsAlso at work in Madagascar, Nairobi and Mgombezi.
All Global WorkA gift pays a teenager for a summer of real work, or stocks a greenhouse.
All Ways to HelpThe Desmond Tutu Programme to End Global Hunger helps communities build food systems they can operate, sustain, and grow over time. This is not short-term food aid. It is long-term food capacity, built with local partners and designed to be led by the communities it serves.
The model started in Florida and is going up across Southern and Eastern Africa.
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Proven systems work best when they are placed in local hands. The Desmond Tutu Programme to End Global Hunger works with community partners, universities, churches, NGOs, and local leaders to build food-production systems that can be operated, sustained, and expanded by the communities they serve.
Each greenhouse combines water-efficient growing, solar power, real-time monitoring, and hands-on training. Around the greenhouse, Harvest Hubs add refrigeration, dehydration, storage, and distribution so fresh food lasts longer and creates more local value.
FreshMinistries brings the model, technical training, and ongoing support. Local partners bring leadership, land, workers, relationships, and community knowledge. Together, the goal is to build locally led food systems that feed people, train people, employ people, and grow stronger over time.
Read Archbishop Tutu's story →In 2022, bishops from across the worldwide Anglican Communion gathered at the Lambeth Conference, where global hunger was one of the urgent needs discussed. FreshMinistries brought forward a practical response: community-based greenhouse systems designed to grow food locally, train local teams, and support long-term food security.
Following that gathering, more than 220 bishops expressed support for exploring food-system initiatives in their provinces. This network provides a meaningful foundation for dialogue with dioceses and other local institutions seeking practical responses to food insecurity and economic exclusion.
The invitation remains open: a locally led food-production center for communities, dioceses, and parishes ready to grow their own future.
Partner with FreshMinistries to strengthen the infrastructure, skills, and local market connections that help communities produce, manage, and benefit from fresh food over time.
Give to this workExplore the operating facilities, institutional partnerships, and locally led development efforts that inform FreshMinistries’ work across the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa.
Harvest Hubs are integrated food-system platforms designed with local partners to strengthen climate resilience, reduce post-harvest loss, and expand inclusive economic opportunity. Each Hub can combine climate-smart production with the shared infrastructure, technical support, and market connections needed to help local food systems perform over time.
Explore Harvest HubsStandardized greenhouse systems designed for reliable, water-efficient production.
Solar power, backup capacity, water storage, and locally appropriate water infrastructure to support resilient operations.
Refrigeration, dehydration, and storage that help protect food quality, extend shelf life, and reduce loss after harvest.
Facilities and procedures that support safe handling, quality management, aggregation, and market readiness for local producers.
Monitoring, data access, remote troubleshooting, and communications that strengthen day-to-day decision-making and continuing support.
Applied learning for operators, producers, and local enterprises in production, maintenance, food safety, logistics, and market participation.
A Harvest Hub is designed as a shared local asset, not simply a single growing site. Where appropriate, it can support surrounding producers with cold storage, preservation, technical services, market connections, and access to essential infrastructure. The model links production, handling, training, and distribution into a locally led platform for greater food security, resilience, and economic participation.
A record of community-based work, operating experience, and partnership that informs the work ahead.
“Your program is quite exciting and has such a great potential for helping to eradicate poverty. You and your colleagues already have an enviable record of making a difference.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Strategic investment helps local partners plan, establish, and sustain practical food systems over time. Support strengthens the infrastructure, skills, operating systems, and technical capacity needed for accountable delivery and lasting local benefit.
