Local Food Resources

Foodshare

The Food Pantry partners with Foodshare to provide residents with fresh produce and other foods.  

• Mobile Foodshare brings perishable foods including fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, meat, and bread directly to people in need.
• The service is available to everyone 16yrs + older.
• Truck schedule varies by site: 2 or 4 weeks. 
• No ID is needed. 
• Please remember to bring your own bags! 

View the Mobile Foodshare schedule. For cancellations, visit the website or call 860-856-4321, or text 85511. If schools are canceled due to weather, Mobile Foodshare is also canceled. 

Fern Street Food Ministry Food Pantry and Community Kitchen

Universalist Church of West Hartford,433 Fern Street, West Hartford, CT 06107

• Food is distributed on the third Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• Connecticut Foodshare mobile food truck distributes food in the back parking lot from 8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.  Community members are offered a FREE Breakfast from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
• For info, call 860-233-3669 x109 or visit https://westhartforduu.org/fern-street-food-ministry.

The Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food Pantry

Jewish Family Services, 333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite A, West Hartford, CT 06117.

• For information, please call 860 236-1927 or e-mail Cody Daigle-Orians at cdaigle@jfshartford.org
   

Additional Food Resources

• West Hartford Food Brochure, also available to download in Spanish
• Summer Food Service
• Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program - Qualified West Hartford Residents Age 60+ may be eligible for Farmers' Market Coupons. Please call 860-561-7560 to schedule an appointment to receive your SFMNP card.  
• SNAP - The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) gives people in Connecticut help to buy food. It used to be called “food stamps.”