About Us
We are a Southern California organization on a mission to reduce food waste and increase access to healthy fruits and vegetables through food recovery.
Food Forward fights hunger and food waste.
pounds distributed since 2009
Our Annual Impact
11,000
metric tons of CO2 equivalent prevented
2,000,000
people fed
4,000
volunteers engaged
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Volunteers power our food recovery work
Your surplus fruit goes to people experiencing food insecurity
For every dollar donated, we recover 10 pounds of produce
We are creating a future where everyone has access to healthy produce.
See our 2020 Annual Report
Explore how Food Forward responded to rising food insecurity in 2020 and recovered over 62 million pounds of fresh produce.
Donate surplus fruit
Our volunteers are ready to harvest your fruit trees in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
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