About Harvest Table
How Harvest Table started
With a pot of soup in 1996. Here’s the rest, how we work and who leads us.
Our story
It started with one pot of soup
In 1996, Margaret put a pot of soup on in the basement of St. Luke’s and taped a sign to the door that said “Everyone welcome.” Eleven people came the first Thursday. Within a year the line went round the block, and other churches started asking how to do it.
Today we run four community kitchens in church basements around the city, hand out emergency food packs, and work with farmers and churches in three regions overseas. We do it because Jesus fed hungry crowds, and told us to do the same.
What guides us
How we work
01
Feed people
Jesus said, “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat” (Matthew 25:35).
02
Dignity
Guests and volunteers eat at the same table, and anyone can say grace.
03
Fix the causes
We stay for years, not just for the emergency.
04
Local churches
Partners who stay after we go.
05
Sustainability
The land is God’s, so we look after it and the people on it.
06
Stewardship
Making every gift go further.
91%
of every dollar goes straight to programs
Financial integrity
Where your gift goes
We’re audited every year, and we buy food from local farmers wherever we can.
Read our annual reportLeadership
Leadership
Cooks, agronomists, volunteers and pastors.
Ruth
Executive Director
Joseph
Programs
Ana
Agriculture
Mike
Kitchens
Lena
Volunteers
Sam
Logistics
Ivy
Church Partners
Paul
Finance
Set a place at the table
Give a meal here, or tools to a farmer overseas.