Morning Star Fresh Food Ministry

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Our mission at Morning Star Fresh Food Ministry is to feed families through the love and hope found in Jesus by fighting hunger and feeding souls. Absolutely!

Changing The World Sometimes Starts Right In Your Own Backyard

We are a non-profit 501(c)(3), faith-based organization committed to feeding hungry children and families here in our very own community. These families range anywhere from fathers and mothers struggling to find work, working households fighting to make ends meet…to the disabled and the elderly. Best of all, we are not a government-controlled agency. So we have the freedom to do what needs to be done. We even have the freedom to pray. Can A Simple Box Of Food Really Change Lives? We're much more than just another food outreach. Our program is about feeding the body AND the soul because food is temporary...but salvation is eternal. That's why our monthly food distributions also include tools that help teach parents and their children the principles of love and hope found in Jesus. Fresh food opens their door. Love and hope opens their heart. We're Not Just Fighting The Problem With Food But Fresh Food! Food banks serve a great purpose. However, the food is usually NOT fresh. Morning Star delivers the highest quality fresh food products available... all at amazing savings. We offer an affordable solution that provides high-quality fresh meats, fruits and vegetables packaged in one convenient box. In fact, if you purchased these same quality fresh foods at your local supermarket, you'd easily pay as much as 15-35% more on your grocery bill. We're able to offer such great value by purchasing directly from local growers, shippers and packers who've partnered with us to fulfill our mission of helping children and families in need. Help Us Reach Our Big Bold Audacious Goal:
Feed 1,000 Local Families Each Month. Our ultimate vision is to give every needy family in Bakersfield the opportunity to receive high-quality nutritious meals. With the help of businesses in our community and compassionate people like you, we are moving closer each day towards our immediate goal - Feed 1,000 families in need every month! Isaiah 55:2 “Why spend money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen, and I will tell you where to get food that is good for the Soul! https://instabio.cc/ALL-MS-LINKS

10/21/2026

We LOVE our volunteers! We are looking forward to seeing your beautiful faces (RAIN or SHINE) on Distribution Day! Let us know you’re coming!

10/18/2026

It takes a massive team of people every month to make Distribution Day happen. We need the farmers growing the food, we need Jon for pickups the week of, we need our guys here before the sun rises putting boxes together and assembling everything. We need our heavy lifters getting the packing line ready, we need ready hands filling each box… we need closers and loaders and then we need Shawn and our entire admin connecting all the dots to make sure those 550 boxes make it to the correct family/location. Most important, we need our prayer team praying for the families receiving the boxes and of course… Sam directing traffic.

It really humbles us every month to see our community get their hands dirty and work together to make sure families have fresh food.

We’re grateful for you. Every single one of you! Mark your calendars for this Saturday, October 24th! We need you!

Appreciate y’all

- Bret

10/16/2026

Our Pheasant Hunt is 3 weeks away and we only have five team spots left open! We always look forward to this event because it’s a great time with the hunters and we just love how many people bring their kids and grandkids out! If you’d like to join us on Sat, Nov 7th, please give Bret a call!

All proceeds from the event go towards sponsoring fresh food boxes for families in need in Bakersfield 💚

10/15/2026

🔥 MARK YOUR CALENDARS - DISTRIBUTION DAY! 10/24/26!

Our Griller Box is different from our Fresh Food Box and is available for $65! We offer these boxes in addition to our regular Fresh Food Boxes, hoping our families and volunteers will purchase one for their own families on distribution day. ❤️

We’re currently working on a fresh, updated look to help differentiate the two boxes, but here’s what makes our Griller Box special: 8–10 lbs. of meat featuring a different selection and high-quality cuts! 🥩🔥

We typically prepare around 40 Griller Boxes to sell each month, and we still have a few available for our October 24th distribution!

But these boxes are about more than great meat. Every dollar earned from Griller Box sales goes directly toward covering the cost of boxes for families who are currently without a sponsor.

We are facing a gap of more than 250 families who are still waiting to be paired with a sponsor. While we continue working to find more committed sponsors, Griller Box sales are one small but meaningful way to help bridge that gap and ensure more families receive the fresh food they need.

Want to support our mission and take home some great meat? 🥩🙌

🛒 Click the “Shop” button on our Instagram page or visit our website and select the “Buy a Fresh Food Box” tab to place your order!

Every purchase makes a difference, and together, we can help fill the gap and support more families in our community.

📅 Mark your calendars for October 24th, and grab your Griller Box while supplies last!

10/11/2026

We grow food for the world. So why are our neighbors hungry?

The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) once named Bakersfield the city with the highest food hardship in the nation. At the time, we had already been feeding families in our community for nearly four years. That reality was a wake-up call we couldn’t ignore.

Here in the Central Valley, we grow food that feeds the world. Yet right here in our own backyard, children go to bed hungry. Seniors struggle to put food on the table. Families face impossible choices between groceries and other basic needs.

We believe our community deserves better. And together, we can make a difference!

Every month, we provide families with fresh, locally grown produce and locally sourced meats, partnering with the incredible farmers who make our region so special. These boxes do more than provide food. They bring nourishment, dignity, and hope to families who need it most.

But right now, we need YOUR help.

We have families who need boxes, and we have sponsorships waiting to be filled. We need individuals, families, and businesses to step up and help us close the gap.

$45 a month sponsors a food box for one family.

That’s $45 a month to help put fresh, nutritious food on a family’s table. That’s a tangible way to support local farmers while caring for our neighbors. That’s a community coming together to make sure fewer families go without.

Imagine what we could do if more of us stepped up.

Will you sponsor a box? Will your business get involved? Will you join us in the fight against hunger right here in Bakersfield?

No family should go hungry in a region that grows so much food.

Let’s take care of our own. Let’s turn our abundance into action. And let’s work together toward a Bakersfield where everyone has access to the food they need.

10/10/2026

Thinking about Matthew 6:26-34 tonight:

“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

Sometimes we just need to get above our circumstances and ask God for help in the middle of the mess. Praying for peace, for hope and for you to know how much God loves you.

10/04/2026

Often times I wake up thinking about this verse:

“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”

Farming is like a mini life parable. God is always speaking’s he is always faithful.

Thankful for all of you this beautiful Sunday! Grateful for our community that gives and serves together.

10/01/2026

Tomorrow is October 1st and that means we are gearing up for our Annual Pheasant Hunt! It’s a great time, and we love putting the event on every year. Grab your friends and kids and grandkids and join us on Saturday, November 7th. All the proceeds from the event help to bridge the financial gap for us to serve families who are receiving a fresh food box every month!

Give Bret a call or head to the event page on our website to register.

09/23/2026

DISTRIBUTION DAY is this Saturday! Grab your friends and family and come help us pack over 550 boxes of fresh food for local families in need!

We also have some grillers left for sale!

09/21/2026

Bako Sweet we are thankful to have you as a Morning Star Fresh Food Sponsor!!! Keep em’ coming!

Address

3240 Fruitvale Avenue
Bakersfield, CA
93308

Opening Hours

7:30am - 11am

Website

http://www.morningstarfresh.org/

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