GTCC, Out of the Garden Project partner once again for monthly opportunity to shop for free fresh produce, meat
Published on: September 2, 2025
For the third consecutive year, Guilford Technical Community College students and community members can receive fresh produce and meat at no charge on the college’s High Point campus through a partnership with its Titan Link services and Out of the Garden Project.
From August 2025 – May 2026, Out of the Garden Project will bring a Fresh Mobile Market food truck on the High Point campus on the first Wednesday of each month. The next distribution begins Wednesday, Sept. 3 from 10-11:30 a.m. or until the food is distributed, in the parking lot adjacent to the Johnson Warehouse located at 719 S. Hamilton St., High Point.
Full list of dates include;
- Wednesday, Sept. 3
- Wednesday, Oct. 1
- Wednesday, Nov. 5
- Wednesday, Dec. 3
- Wednesday, Jan. 7
- Wednesday, Feb. 4
- Wednesday, March 5
- Wednesday, April 1
- Wednesday, May 6
In addition to fresh produce and meat, there will be shelf-stable food, bread, and grab-and-go snacks.
The partnership is funded through a $7,500 investment from Titan Link and the GTCC Foundation.
In 2024/2025, the GTCC hosted Fresh Mobile Market partnership served over 1,064 families with over 56,000 pounds of food. Since the partnership began, nearly 2,000 families have received over 112,000 pounds of food.
Titan Link provides resources and information that assists GTCC students, staff, and faculty with non-academic challenges such as housing, transportation, food insecurity, childcare, and emergency loan/grant/scholarship application access for GTCC.
“We’re excited to be back on our High Point campus serving the local community,” said Natashia McEachern, director for Titan Link. “The staff and volunteers with Out of the Garden Project do so much to prepare for our monthly food Fresh Mobile Markets before they even arrive on site. They are a blessing to the Triad, and we’re honored to work side-by-side with all of them.”
Out of the Garden Project, a Triad-based nonprofit, began in 2008 serving a few families with food on Friday so they would not go hungry over the weekend.
“Thank you, Titan Link and the GTCC Foundation, for your continued partnership,” said Beth Crise, president of Out of the Garden Project. “Together, we are building a more equitable food system—one where families not only have enough to eat but access to the nourishment they need to truly thrive.”
Fresh Mobile Markets, an Out of the Garden Project program, serves over 2,500 families every month throughout 25 locations in the Piedmont Triad area. Families can expect to leave a Fresh Mobile Market with around 55 pounds of food.
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