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Pounds Rescued*

Food Forward staff and volunteers rescue over 500,000 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.

Moving forward when things don’t go as planned

For this Volunteer of the Month post, we are featuring our Volunteer Program Intern, Nora Healy! Nora has been...

For this Volunteer of the Month...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates from Food Forward

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates Updated: April 7, 2020 Read an update from Food Forward about our response to the health...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates Updated: April 7,...

Agency Spotlight: El Nido Family Centers

Food Forward’s Fall 2019 FMR intern, Rebecca Luna, followed several boxes of fruits and vegetables as they made their...

Food Forward’s Fall 2019 FMR intern,...

From the harvest to someone’s table

Our Volunteer of the Month is Dee Bernaldo! Dee is one of our fabulous Ventura County Pick Leaders who...

Our Volunteer of the Month is...

A morning at the Produce Pit Stop

It’s been over six months since the Produce Pit Stop, our first-ever warehouse space, opened. The Produce Pit Stop...

It’s been over six months since...

Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and Huanglongbing (HLB): Update

It’s been two years since our last blog post about Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) & Huanglongbing (HLB) and...

It’s been two years since...

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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