Food Insecurity Resources

Food insecurity resources

There are dozens of food pantries, options, and resources near campus and throughout Monroe County. We've compiled the top-utilized resources on this page, and many of them—like Crimson Cupboard—provide tons of additional resources. You can view options below.

Shop at Crimson Cupboard Food Pantry

Crimson Cupboard offers free, healthy food to IU Bloomington students who are struggling with food insecurity.

Submit a Care Referral

Need some extra help and not sure where to turn? Submit a Care Referral for yourself or someone else.

Emergency Meal Program

Struggling with hunger while on campus and need IU meal points to get food immediately? Request an emergency meal that can be used any of the all you care to eat locations on campus.

Crimson Cupboard Campus Partners

Campus Kitchens

Campus Kitchens builds boxes for Crimson Cupboard containing fresh vegetables and other food items with information and recipes on how to cook the items for a meal. They also work to bring fresh produce on a weekly basis from IU Campus Farm. The Office of Student Life supports graduate assistants to support this partnership.

IU Campus Farm

IU Campus Farm collaborates with Crimson Cupboard by providing fresh produce on a regular basis for Crimson Cupboard shoppers.

Hilltop Gardens

Hilltop Gardens and Crimson Cupboard collaboration includes Hilltop providing fresh produce and Crimson Cupboard sharing the garden's resources/events with pantry shoppers.

Additional Campus Partners:

Crimson Cupboard Community Partners

Hoosier Hills Food Bank provides over four million pounds of food annually to over 100 other non-profits serving people with low incomes and personal challenges, children, and seniors. HHFB distributes food in seven Indiana counties.

Crimson Cupboard leadership is on the Monroe County Food Security Working Group. Here are a few community partners included in this group: