A free, pop-up “Farmers Market” event where everyone is welcome to ‘shop’ for free – no questions asked.
PRODUCE IN THE PARK/ING LOT
Schedule Overview
We are continuing with a hybrid model for 2023: Produce in the Parking Lot on 2nd Sundays, Produce in the Park on 4th Sundays. No forms to fill out or questions asked. We strive for equity at all of our distributions. Food is a variety of fresh fruit, vegetables, prepared deli foods, dairy, and bakery items, depending on that week's donations. We will distribute food as long as supplies last.
For details on the next event, please follow Longmont Food Rescue on Facebook. We create a Facebook event for every public food distribution, listing the location, day, time, and other pertinent information.
Events take place year-round in rain/shine/snow – any weather! We only cancel for extreme weather conditions for the safety of our volunteers. Updates can always be found on our Facebook.
Thank You For Following These Guidelines
For Parking Lot distributions: We will distribute from the south side of the parking lot along 9th Ave. If you enter from the Lashley side, turn right to line up along the south side of the parking lot. If you enter from 9th Ave, turn left to get to the southwest parking lot, in front of the YMCA preschool.
All vehicles/bicycles will form a line, and food will be bagged ahead of time. Please do not exit your vehicle or approach volunteers; food will be brought to the vehicle.
To help us ensure that everyone in our community has access, food will be distributed based on the number of people being fed in your household.
For Park distributions: Please bring your own standard size reusable bag to fill and join the line when you arrive. To help us ensure that everyone in our community has the opportunity to shop, limit is one bag at a time per household. If you would like an additional bag, we ask that you return to the back of the line.
We encourage folks to use alternative transportation – if possible, please ride your bicycle, walk, or take one of the free Longmont buses.
Thank you for supporting our work and our community!
Upcoming Events
Join us every 2nd Sunday of the month for FREE food. No questions asked.
Join us every 4th Sunday of the month for FREE food. No questions asked.
Stay tuned for our other events, including fundraising meals at local farms.
“It's always Christmas when we come! I always consider it a big surprise, and I enjoy seeing other people and their friendship and stories.”
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— LFR Volunteer | Produce in the Park/ing Lot Event
Other LFR Programs
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No-Cost Grocery Program
Our organization brings the food and our recipient sites set up their own no-cost grocery markets.
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Fresh Food Connect
Powered by a mobile app, local community gardeners can easily input their excess produce and a volunteer will pick it up by bicycle and trailer.
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Community Fridges
24/7 free fridges and pantries, run off of goodwill basis where anyone can drop off or take food, anytime – day or night.