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Pounds Rescued

Food Forward staff and volunteers rescue 300,000 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 300 hunger relief agencies across 8 counties in Southern California.

Congratulations to our Super Volunteer Student Graduate!

6.26.17 – Congratulations to our Volunteer of the Month and recent graduate! McKayla has been an awesome Ventura County...

6.26.17 – Congratulations to our Volunteer...

Cool as a Cucumber

6.21.17 – This widely known idiom meaning calm and composed may be based on the fact that in hot weather,...

6.21.17 – This widely known idiom meaning...

What Leadership Looks Like

6/12/17 – Food Forward’s new initiative in South LA, made possible through a partnership with Watts Labor Community Action Committee,...

6/12/17 – Food Forward’s new initiative in...

A proposal that could impact our most vulnerable

6.8.17 – A proposed budget for 2018 would cut $193 billion from SNAP (aka food stamps) over the next...

6.8.17 – A proposed budget for...

Stamp Out Hunger in the San Fernando Valley

5.3.17 – If your Stamp Out Hunger bag hasn’t arrived in the mail yet, you may not have remembered that...

5.3.17 – If your Stamp Out Hunger...

Taking Food Waste Off the Menu

4.28.17 – Today is the first National Stop Food Waste Day! Food Forward works to fight food waste all...

4.28.17 – Today is the first...

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 300 agencies across 8 counties in Southern California. Read more about the agencies we serve.

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