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Pounds Rescued*

Food Forward staff and volunteers rescue over 435,000 pounds of surplus produce each week from fruit trees, farmers markets and the Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market. 100% of these fresh fruits and vegetables are donated to over 1,800 hunger relief agencies across 8 counties in Southern California.

* Despite our best efforts, a small percentage of Food Forward’s recovered produce is inedible.

Produce of the Month: Pomelo

What is a pomelo? The pomelo, or pummelo, is a citrus fruit native to South and Southeast Asia....

What is a pomelo? The...

Agency Spotlight: Los Angeles LGBT Center

Food Forward serves over 1,800 hunger relief agencies through donations of our recovered fruits and vegetables, and with that...

Food Forward serves over 1,800 hunger...

Bringing his DIY spirit to the table

Meet our Volunteer of the Month, Eron Rauch! Eron is a unique volunteer—instead of leading gleans, he helps us...

Meet our Volunteer of the Month,...

Hunger and homelessness in Los Angeles

Folks at a school in South LA pick up free produce supplied by Food Forward. The Issue In this...

Folks at a school in South...

Donating her time to make a difference

Introducing our Volunteer of the Month, Michaela! Michaela has been volunteering with Food Forward since 2016 and in that time...

Introducing our Volunteer of the Month,...

Reducing food waste ranked as #3 solution to climate change

Food waste piles up on a farm, a more common cause of wasted food in low-income nations. Source: Flickr...

Food waste piles up on a...

Santa Barbara - 1 in 8 people struggle with hunger in Santa Barbara County
(Feeding America)

Imperial - 28% of residents and 44% of children in Imperial Valley are food insecure
(Imperial Valley Food Bank)

San Diego - 136,000 children in San Diego County are facing food insecurity
(U.S. Census Bureau)

Riverside - In Riverside County, 24% of children are living in poverty.
(California Food Policy Advocates)

San Bernardino - 1 in 5 people live in poverty in San Bernardino County
(U.S. Census Bureau)

Los Angeles - Los Angeles County has the largest estimated population of food insecure people in the U.S. - 1.5 million
(Feeding America)

Ventura - 16% of children in Ventura County are living in poverty
(U.S. Census Bureau)

Orange - Nearly 400,000 residents struggle to get their food needs met on a regular basis
(OC Food Access Coalition)

Who Receives Our Produce?

We donate recovered produce to over 1,800 agencies across 8 counties in Southern California.
Read more about the agencies we serve.

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