MOBILE HARVEST
Mobile Harvest is Food Bank of Northern Nevada’s fresh produce program designed to bring healthy fruits and vegetables directly to neighborhoods throughout northern Nevada and the eastern California Sierra. Our goal is to increase access to nutritious food for all community members. Eating fresh fruits and vegetables supports overall health and well-being. Mobile Harvest helps families and individuals add more nutrient-rich foods to their diets, promoting stronger, healthier communities.
Schedule
Washoe County: October 2025 | November 2025
Rural Northern Nevada & California Communities: October 2025 | November 2025
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN ARRIVING AT MOBILE HARVEST
- Many Mobile Harvest distributions are currently being run as a drive-through format. When you arrive at a drive-through site, please be sure to pay close attention to all signs, as well as staff and volunteers directing traffic. We kindly ask that you remain in your vehicle the entire time. Your groceries will be loaded into your vehicle for you; please have the door unlocked and ensure that there is space available for the food.
- Those without transportation are still welcome to visit drive-through Mobile Harvest sites and will be served via a walk-up line.
- Other sites will be using our walk-up distribution model. All walk-up sites will marked accordingly on the monthly schedule.
- When attending a walk-up site, please remember to bring your own bags for us to pack your selected items into. We cannot guarantee that we will have bags available for those who don’t have their own.
- Note about TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program): TEFAP is a federal program run by the USDA that provides food assistance based on income guidelines. Occasionally, some produce at Mobile Harvest distributions comes from TEFAP, meaning only those who meet the program’s income eligibility can receive those specific items. However, even if you don’t qualify for TEFAP, you’re still welcome to visit Mobile Harvest and receive all the other food items available that aren’t part of TEFAP.
INTAKE & CHECK-IN
- Intake Form: During your first visit to Mobile Harvest, and once per year after, we will need to collect an Intake Form from you. Please know that your responses to the questions on this form are completely confidential and in no way impact your ability to receive food assistance through Mobile Harvest. If you have a printer available to you, you can make the intake process on-site even faster by downloading and completing this form prior to arriving at the site. English Intake Form | Spanish Intake Form
- Barcode IDs: If you have an ID that has a barcode on it, we ask that you provide this during check-in, as it can greatly speed up the check-in process. Please note, IDs are not required, and you will still be happily served with or without one. This request simply helps to move the line along more quickly.
HAVING OTHERS PICK FOOD UP ON YOUR BEHALF
- If you are unable to make it to a distribution for any reason, you may have a friend/family member pick up your food if you have completed an Authorization Form and designated the person on this form. You may designate up to three people to pick up food on your behalf. Your household may still only receive food once per week, regardless of who is attending the distribution.
- If you have not already completed the Authorization Form, you may download and complete it here and have the person bring it with them to the distribution: English| Spanish
- Please note, you must already have a form on file with us OR the person attending the distribution must bring the form completed and signed by you with them, or we will not be able to allow them to pick up food on your behalf.
