Fresh Food Access
The GrowHaus’ food access program breaks down barriers to nutrition and promotes health equity by providing convenient access to fresh food to 6,000 neighbors every month.
Originally serving the Latino immigrant communities of Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea, The GrowHaus is sharing its expertise to expand fresh food access and is now managing 24 food access sites across the City of Denver via partnerships with Denver Public Libraries, Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, Tepeyac Community Health Center, and other community hubs. In 2024, The GrowHaus and Denver Public Library were recognized with two national awards for our partnership: ULC’s Top Innovator Award and Let’s Move in Libraries Award!
Prioritizing Nutritious Produce
Dig deeper into our focus on fresh produce here.
Strategic Partnerships
The GrowHaus is committed to ensuring every table has food that nourishes, heals, and connects. Participants of The GrowHaus’ no-cost Food Access program receive over 20 pounds of seasonal fruits and vegetables every other week. The GrowHaus stewards nutrition guidelines, prioritizing fresh produce, healthy fats, whole grains, and unprocessed goods. The GrowHaus also prioritizes sourcing food from local farms, food rescue organizations, and food hubs to ensure families experiencing food insecurity have access to high-quality produce grown here in Colorado.
A Bridge to Long-Term Food Justice Solutions
With a team made up primarily of Latina women from the communities served, The GrowHaus connects nearly 6,000 neighbors each month with fresh, culturally meaningful food. The reliability of fresh food bridges the nutrition gap and creates additional capacity for our neighbors to engage in other enriching wellness programming. The GrowHaus includes information in the fresh food boxes and connects families to health and wellness programs like gardening, nutrition, and Zumba, as well as SNAP outreach and enrollment assistance from our team of certified specialists.
Read more about our community outreach programs here.
The GrowHaus to Launch Community Food Market Fellowship
In 2025, The GrowHaus is launching a Community Food Access Fellowship program to equip our team with the skills to manage and sustain community-led food markets. The GrowHaus’ warehouse will transform into a pop-up community choice market that will serve as a live training program for our team, where 400 households from our home communities of Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea will shop for fresh produce, view cooking demonstrations, enroll in SNAP, and sign up for nutrition classes.
Learn more about this exciting food access initiative in the Denver7 news story.
A look at The GrowHaus’ Food Access programs
“I suffer from diabetes and cholesterol problems, and fresh food is very expensive. Vegetables from The GrowHaus have helped us a lot with nutrition.”
“I used to go to the market, and my cart would be overflowing. Now I can’t get half the things. Food from The GrowHaus is helping us stabilize our finances.”
“I am thankful for my food box because it is great for my culture. We have all the things we need to cook what we like to cook. You know that box is made for us and everything is so fresh.”
