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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.

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,...

All in this together

June’s Volunteer of the Month is Ventura’s own David Lawless! David is not only a Community Ambassador who helps...

June’s Volunteer of the Month is...

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...

Agency Spotlight: Friends of Fieldworkers

Fieldworkers pick strawberries in Oxnard, California. Photo credit: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images Food Forward works like a bridge, connecting fresh produce...

Fieldworkers pick strawberries in Oxnard, California....

Simple tips to reduce your food waste

Earth Day was last week, so we’re thinking about ways we can take action to live more sustainably, especially...

Earth Day was last week, so...

We need YOU! Join us by getting outside and picking fruit!

What do we need you for? It’s citrus season here in Southern California, which means there are fruit on...

What do we need you for?...

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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