The Farmlink Project

The Farmlink Project’s mission is to connect surplus produce to communities in need, reduce carbon emissions, and empower the next generation of young changemakers. The Farmlink Project serves as a “link” connecting the broken supply chains of the agricultural and food access industries.

The Farmlink Project is acting as the “link” connecting the broken supply chains in the agricultural

Goal One: The Farmlink Project intends to increase the volume of produce delivered to communities and rescued from farms while simultaneously improving our cost margins.

Goal Two: The Farmlink Project is seeking to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions through our produce rescue operations, as well as through our carbon offsetting program, Carbonlink.

Goal Three: The Farmlink Project aims to expand our operations to new communities across the country.

Farmlink has focused on large-scale food system reform and decreasing our operations and redistribution costs. Equally importantly, we have focused on organizational longevity and sustainability and recognize the importance of our investment in our staff and fellows in carrying our mission forward. Student fellows are the drivers of Farmlink's mission, however we have been excited to put energy and resources into the hiring of full-time staff to cultivate long-term and lasting relationships with our funders and community partners. Our organization is proud to have built a team of over 200 people from over 50 colleges and careers, spread across 38 states. Our team equips employees and volunteers with DEI training and triannual culture surveys to understand the needs and concerns of the team.

As a young, fast paced organization we realized a need for agile working structures. First, we encourage a high degree autonomy for not only our staff but our student fellows to feel able to make decisions, innovate and get things done. Secondly, we have a high degree of alignment across groups so that the right things get done in the first place.