History

               Distribution Center

               Mother Earth Farm

               Cannery Project

               Orchard

               Statistics

               Board of Directors

The Emergency Food Network (EFN) has been working since 1982 "to provide a reliable food supply so that no person in Pierce County goes hungry." Each month in Pierce County, more than 140,000 people seek emergency food assistance. EFN provides food and other essentials at no cost to over 70 food banks, hot meal sites and shelters for distribution to low-income families and individuals.

The Emergency Food Network is comprised of the Distribution Center in Lakewood, the Cannery Project in Kent,  the 8-acre organic Mother Earth Farm in Orting, and the Orchard in Roy. Through these  operations, EFN distributed more than $15.7 million worth of food and other essentials in 2008. The Cannery produced 20,000 cans of produce and the Mother Earth Farm harvested more than 149,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables.

What's New At EFN?

Development Director Position Plant an Extra Row EFN has a new Executive Director!

Emergency Food Network operates with a staff of ten full-time and one part-time employees. It is joined in its work by a dedicated corps of 1,700 volunteers who gave more than 15,000 hours to the organization last year. Due to a low administrative and fundraising overhead of 3.7 % EFN is able to distribute $12 dollars worth of food to local feeding programs for every dollar donated.

These innovative efforts combine to make the Emergency Food Network the only non-profit emergency food distribution center in the country able to take food straight from the ground to the tables of those in need.

Please join us in the fight against hunger.

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Development Director Position

EFN is looking for a new Development Director. Click here for a full job discription.

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What is Plant an Extra Row?

Plant an Extra Row is a project of Emergnecy Food Network to help feed the hungryby encouraging gardeners to grow a little extra produce and donate it to local food banks.

Why Plant an Extra Row?

In 2008, Emergency Food Netowrk distributed food to more than 60 food banks and hot meal sites that provided over 9 million meals to 829,351 clients. In recent years, food programs have experienced a large increase in the number of clients seeking emergency food.

What can you do to help?

Plant an extra row of vegetables, fruits and/or herbs in you garden.

Deliver the harvest to a food bank near you.

Encourage others to Plant an Extra Row.

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New Executive Director

Emergency Food Network has a new Executive Director! Click here for the full press release.

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