412 Food Rescue, Inc.

Food Rescue Hero is a technology platform solution that mobilizes volunteers to transport surplus food to those who need it. The Food Rescue Hero app addresses the logistical challenges of food rescue through community-powered networks. Volunteer drivers are alerted when surplus food is available to be picked up near them.

As of October 2022, the technology solution was being used in 15 cities across North America. In support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, our goal for Food Rescue Hero is to implement this model and technology solution in 100 cities by 2030.

For more information visit https://www.foodrescuehero.org/

UglyCSA creates new markets for previously unsellable produce. These items are deemed unsellable because it does not meet cosmetic standards or is glut produce that the farmer cannot harvest or sell. Food waste on farms impacts not only the food itself, but also the resources that was used to grow it. Purchasing just one UglyCSA share saves approximately 180 lbs of good food and 2,450 gallons of water, equivalent to enough drinking water for 13 people for an entire year!

412 Food Rescue sells shares to individuals to provide an earned revenue stream for the organization to operate like mission-driven activities.

The Good Food Project stabilizes and transforms a portion of surplus food rescued from businesses into healthy prepared meals for 412 Food Rescue’s nonprofit and community partners and serves as a space for volunteer and community engagement and food education.

412 Food Rescue partnered with Single Stop to introduce an online screening tool that condenses thousands of pages of social service eligibility rules into a simple, confidential, 15-minute process to make sure everybody receives all of the benefits and resources for which they qualify.

Hidden Harvest is an urban gleaning program. By harvesting fruits and vegetables from public and privately owned trees, orchards, farms, and gardens, volunteer groups harvest produce that would otherwise go to waste and redistribute it to nonprofits that serve those who are experiencing food insecurity. A percentage of the harvests, mostly inedible fruits, have been earmarked for the production of innovative, value-added product partnerships with local businesses that have supported 412 Food Rescue with earned revenue and brand awareness.

The program also offers businesses and other volunteer groups interested in working together to engage in 412 Food Rescue's mission of ending food waste and hunger.

In response to COVID-19 and the impact that it has had on small businesses and hunger, 412 Food Rescue launched Community Takeout – a program to support restaurants through this crisis by providing compensation for restaurant workers to create healthy, single-serve meals that are then distributed to families in need.

Cooking education provides individuals with the tools they need to feel empowered to feed their families. This means supporting every step of the cooking process, including which items to pick when shopping at the store, how to process those ingredients, tricks to alter recipes to make them appetizing and especially ways to reduce food waste.