Nonprofit Staff Grow Produce for Tulsa Families

A New Leaf staff cultivated crops and provided produce to families in need through Food on the Move.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Organic Food

Gouache-painted editorial illustration of a wooden crate of greens, carrots and squash on dark soil beside a raised garden bed, evoking shared local harvest. — A New Leaf staff grew crops and delivered fresh produce to families in need with Food on the Move in Tulsa on Wednesday, November 4. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

A New Leaf staff cultivated crops and provided produce to families at Food on the Move on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. Members of both nonprofit organizations worked together to get fresh food to families in need.

Why it matters

The partnership connects a Tulsa nonprofit that serves more than 500 clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities to a food organization that works with economically challenged communities. It shows how local nonprofits can share staff and resources to expand access to healthy food in Tulsa.

A New Leaf reports serving more than 500 clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities across its Tulsa-area greenhouses and garden centers. The extraction does not provide the volume of produce distributed or the number of families reached on Wednesday.

The players

A New Leaf

A New Leaf is a Tulsa-area nonprofit that operates greenhouses and garden centers, selling plants grown by staff members who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Food on the Move

Food on the Move is a nonprofit that provides healthy food to economically challenged communities in the Tulsa area.

The details

A New Leaf staff care for and cultivate crops at Food on the Move, a nonprofit that provides healthy food to economically challenged communities. Members of both organizations worked together on Wednesday to deliver produce to families in need.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026: Members of both organizations provided produce to families in need.

Local Model

The partnership extends a Tulsa model in which a nonprofit employing people with disabilities supplies cultivated produce to a separate food-access nonprofit. It shows staff from A New Leaf working directly on Food on the Move's crops and janitorial work.

Tulsa residents who rely on food assistance may find more fresh produce available through Food on the Move's distribution work. Shoppers can also buy plants grown by A New Leaf staff at its garden centers.

The takeaway

Supporting local nonprofits that grow and distribute food can help more Tulsa families get fresh produce. Buying plants or produce from community growers is one practical way to contribute.