Farm Gleaning and Seafood Recovery Support Program

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture, using funds under the State Food Purchase Program, supports gleaning and seafood-recovery activities through the Gleaning Support Program. Funds may be requested by eligible New Jersey nonprofit organizations that glean surplus produce from New Jersey farms, orchards, and gardens or recover surplus seafood from New Jersey sources, and distribute that food to New Jersey organizations helping to feed food-insecure residents.

Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) nonprofit entities formed and operated in New Jersey that either glean from New Jersey farms or recover seafood from New Jersey sources and distribute the food to New Jersey hunger-relief organizations. A Letter of Determination from the IRS documenting nonprofit status is required, along with an implementation plan describing how the grant would support the organization's gleaning or seafood-recovery activities. Individual farmers are not eligible applicants; this program funds nonprofit gleaning and recovery organizations (it benefits producers indirectly by moving surplus farm product).

A total of $518,000, subject to the availability of funds, is anticipated to be available to eligible nonprofit applicant organizations for the round. Per-recipient award amounts are not published.

Completed applications with all required supporting documentation are submitted by email to NJDA.Grants@ag.nj.gov by the annual deadline. The FY27 round closed at noon (12:00 P.M. EDT) on July 31, 2026; incomplete or late submissions are ineligible. Check the program page for the next funding round.