Every day, FoodCycle connects businesses with local nonprofits and community food pantries — transforming surplus food into healthy meals for those who need them most. Together, we’re building a more sustainable food system where nothing good goes to waste, and everyone has a seat at the table.
FROM FOOD RESCUE TO FOOD SYSTEMS CHANGE
FoodCycle believes that feeding people today and transforming the systems that shape hunger, food waste and access must happen together.
That’s why we are bringing together researchers, policymakers, growers, public health leaders, food recovery organizations and community partners for Roots, Remedies & Rescue: Transforming Our Regional Food System, October 16 at UCLA.
Together, we’ll explore how research, community experience and policy can help build a more equitable, sustainable and resilient regional food system.
There is absolutely no reason that edible food should be wasted while people are going hungry.
That shows us that the problem of hunger is not due to scarcity – it is a failure of the imagination and we can do better.
37 MILLION+
LBS OF FOOD SAVED
63,800 METRIC TONS
CO2E GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PREVENTED
32 MILLION+
MEALS DELIVERED
PBS EARTH FOCUS
Meet the People Rescuing Food, Feeding Neighbors & Helping the Climate
Join the Cycle of Good
Together, we’re creating a future where good food feeds people — not landfills.
Give your time. Change lives.
Help collect, sort, and deliver rescued food to pantries and families in need.
Fuel the trucks. Feed the community.
Every $1 helps deliver 4 meals — and powers our work to rescue even more food.
Turn your surplus into support.
We partner with grocers, restaurants, farms, and distributors to redirect good food to local pantries.
Looking for help? We’re here for you.
Search for nearby pantries and community meal programs that receive FoodCycle food.Together, we can feed people, not landfills.
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