Media and Press
We welcome journalists and media professionals who want to help share our story of produce recovery, nutrition equity, and sustainable food rescue.
Press inquiries: [email protected]
How Farmers Market Leftovers Turn Into Free Food For Angelenos
LAist • February 16, 2026
How Farmers Market Leftovers Turn Into Free Food For Angelenos.
This Michelin-Starred Chef Wants To Feed People
Los Angeles Times • October 10, 2024
Artist and Michelin-starred chef Minh H. Phan creating an immersive exhibit around found waste in Food Forward’s Artist in Residence.
With Hunger On The Rise, Urban Gleaners Seek To Strengthen Local Food Security
Civil Eats • November 18, 2025
It was too much of a good thing that brought a dozen volunteers to Wild Roots Farm in Troutdale, Oregon, on a blue-sky day in the middle of August.
In This Moment, Let’s All Feed L.A.
Los Angeles Business Journal • November 17, 2025
There are issues that transcend politics and should unite us as a community. Ensuring our most vulnerable – children, seniors, people with disabilities, low-income working parents – have access to food is one of them.
Food Forward’s Emergency Produce Distribution In Response To SNAP Cuts In Partnership With YMCA, LA Care
2UrbanGirls and LA Wave • November 3, 2025
Food Forward, in partnership with the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles and L.A. Care Health Plan, announces an emergency expansion of its community produce distribution network to respond to unprecedented hunger and instability caused by the suspension of essential federal nutrition funding and cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
SNAP Benefits Remain Delayed — Local Leaders Are Creating Their Own Solutions
Los Angeles Blade • November 6, 2025
Today marks the 37th day of the current government shutdown, the longest witnessed in the country’s history. As a result, people who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have not received their monthly aid for November. In Los Angeles, over 1.5 million people rely on these funds to purchase groceries.
As Food Banks Struggle To Meet Demand, ‘Wasted’ Food Is Filling The Gap — For Now
Bay City News • November 1, 2025
IT’S A SUNNY TUESDAY MORNING when a crowd gathers at the corner of University and Ninth Streets in Berkeley. Armed with reusable grocery bags and folding shopping carts, they wait for the food pantry to open at Berkeley Food Network, one of the largest food aid organizations in Alameda County.
Creators & collaborators
If you’re a creator dedicated to food access, health equity, or sustainability, we want to hear from you. We partner with people whose work and values align with our mission. Collaboration and Influencer inquiries: [email protected]