Get Help






We can
connect you
with food
and support

We all need a little help sometimes. At the Mid-Ohio Food Collective, we’re here to open up pathways to the help you need.


If you need food, we want to help you find food now.

If this is your first time here, we want to guide you down the right path to resources that will make a difference.

We can help you understand what available programs you may and may not be eligible for.

We can offer help with resources that get at the root problem that sits behind a lack of food and hunger.

We’re glad you’re here.
Look below for ways to find help for today, hope for tomorrow.


We can connect you with food and support

We all need a little help sometimes.
At the Mid-Ohio Food Collective, we’re here to open up pathways to the help you need.

If you need food, we want to help you find food now.

If this is your first time here, we want to guide you down the right path to resources that will make a difference.

We can help you understand what available programs you may and may not be eligible for.

We can offer help with resources that get at the root problem that sits behind a lack of food and hunger.

We’re glad you’re here.
Look below for ways to find help for today, hope for tomorrow.


Find food close to you.

Tell us where you are. We look at all area agencies and show you places nearby to get food. We use FreshTrak.com to give you up-to-date locations, dates and times. You will need your zip code to do the search.



Send someone to pick up your food.

If you are ill, under quarantine or isolation, disabled, just plain busy, or otherwise cannot make it to a pantry or Market yourself, all Mid-Ohio Foodbank partner agencies use a proxy process. You can send a person you know and trust to pick up food for you and deliver it to you. Use Proxy Shopping by completing a letter of Proxy below.



Get a grocery store experience.

At a Market, we give customers access to free fresh and shelf-stable food on a regular basis. Variety and availability will vary by day and by location.
Who is eligible? When may they come in?
• Eligible shoppers will have a household income that is less than 200% of the federal poverty level.




Improving the well-being of Ohioans

They offer lots of kinds of helpful assistance for Ohioans. You can visit their website if you are looking for employment and training assistance, unemployment benefits, cash assistance, food assistance, child care, child and adult protective services, adoption, and child support.



Come enjoy a meal
with us

Mid-Ohio Kitchen at Roots offers free community meals Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.



Supplement your food budget

Individuals and families with household incomes less than 130% of the Federal Poverty Level are eligible for SNAP (food stamps) benefits. Members of our team help people eligible for SNAP enroll for benefits.

Here is a directory for farmers markets in Ohio that accept EBT/SNAP benefits.



A focus on nutrition for moms and kids

WIC is a special nutrition program for Women, Infants, and children up to age five. WIC helps eligible pregnant and breastfeeding women with education and support, nutritious food and nutritious baby formula. 



Food-based health care

Some of our customers are living with long-term health conditions. Nutrition is an important part of total health care. With the helpful guidance of a doctor, our “Farmacy” supports people with nutritious food to prepare at home. We do not give patients any form of medicine at a Farmacy. We give weekly access to fresh produce at our Market so that patients have a great resource for the healthy foods to manage and improve health.



Access to programs and services

Lutheran Social Services offers a 24-hour information hotline. They can help you make an appointment for a food pantry or emergency food site, connect you to rent and housing assistance, or refer you to additional helpful services

Call 2-1-1 in Franklin County



Addiction Recovery Services

A record 107,000+ people died of overdoses last year, and People of Color have been disproportionately affected. 
Southeast Addiction Center: Resources for Black men who are struggling with substance use disorder and/or their mental health.
Louisville Addiction Center: An extensive resource curated for BIPOC parents
Southeast Detox: This guide features over 50 fully-vetted resources for Black women.
Live Another Day: Live Another Day believes in equal access to life-saving mental health and substance use disorder resources.


Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) is a federal program that provides eligible seniors with a MONTHLY box of shelf-stable items. Examples of items distributed in the box: cheese, juice, cereal, pasta, peanut butter, and canned goods.