Year 2019

Agency Spotlight: Antelope Valley Food Hub Collaborative

These potatoes, celery, pomegranates, squash, and more were recovered from the Wholesale Produce Market and distributed to 17 member agencies of the Antelope Valley Food Hub Collaborative. Across the country, most households have consistent access to healthy, nutritious food, but…

Our friend, Joseph Shuldiner

It was a real gut-punch to hear of the passing of our friend Joseph Shuldiner last week. Joseph came into his own as a catalyst in LA’s alternative food scene around the same time Food Forward was just proving out…

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 many organizations it can be hard to keep track of the work each one is doing in our communities. We’d like…

Agency Spotlight: Friends of Fieldworkers

Fieldworkers harvesting. Photo credit: Diana Robinson, provided by the Creative Commons license Food Forward works like a bridge, connecting fresh produce to local organizations that provide food assistance and other services to their communities. These organizations are an essential piece of what…

Accelerating food access with AHA Teaching Gardens

Food Forward works with many amazing organizations working to fight food insecurity in our communities. We’d like to highlight one of these organizations, the American Heart Association Teaching Gardens program, and tell you a bit about our partnership.     Based…