by Stephanie Tyler Smith | Jul 1, 2026 | Community, Food For Thought, Impact Series, Local, Partnerships, School Markets
By Stephanie Tyler Smith with contributions by Jessica Cantin Before joining Food For Free, I spent several years managing the Beverly Bootstraps food pantry on Boston’s North Shore. At the time, I was overseeing all pantry operations and food acquisition processes...
by Stephanie Tyler Smith | Dec 8, 2025 | Community, Family Meals, Funding
As a longtime staff member at Food For Free who lived through the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SNAP crisis that unfolded at the beginning of November felt hauntingly familiar. There was the same urgency, the same weight of responsibility, and the same...
by David Luke | Feb 26, 2025 | Community, Just Eats
The production floor of Food For Free’s Packing and Distribution Center in Somerville was bustling with focused activity from neighbors helping neighbors last week Tuesday morning. There was a Just Eats grocery box-packing shift taking place, but not just any...
by David Luke | Dec 10, 2024 | Community, Corporate Partners, Party Under the Harvest Moon
On a cool October evening, Food For Free’s staff, family, friends, volunteers, and community partners gathered at MIT’s iconic Walker Memorial building in Cambridge for our Party Under the Harvest Moon. This annual event is a celebration of our work, a time to connect...
by David Luke | Dec 5, 2024 | All Things Food For Free, Community, Just Eats
The joy and optimism in the room was palpable as team members from Alexandria Real Estate Equities and their families joined us at Just Eats for a special family grocery box-packing volunteer shift early last month. With election day closing schools to allow for...
by David Luke | Sep 5, 2024 | All Things Food For Free, Community, Staff
At Food For Free, we are all about community—building it, serving it, and celebrating the incredible people who make our mission possible. Today, we’re excited to spotlight one of our very own, Amanda Kerstman, who started as a volunteer and now serves as our...
