Rescuing surplus food. Nourishing our neighbors. Reducing waste.

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.

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

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Together, we’re creating a future where good food feeds people — not landfills.

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Help collect, sort, and deliver rescued food to pantries and families in need.
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Fuel the trucks. Feed the community.

Every $1 helps deliver 4 meals — and powers our work to rescue even more food.
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Turn your surplus into support.

We partner with grocers, restaurants, farms, and distributors to redirect good food to local pantries.
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Together, we can feed people, not landfills.

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FoodCycle is building an infrastructure to reduce waste and intelligently route surplus food—whether it’s to people’s plates or composting. We're working to Feed People - Not Landfills and to reduce the negative environmental impact of wasted food.

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Climate action is stronger when we work together. 🌎💚 Thrive Market lovethecitycenter We’re proud to collaborate with climate-action partners like Thrive Market as part of the FoodCycle ecosystem, bringing together businesses, volunteers, nonprofits, and communities to create a more resilient food system.Our partnership with Thrive Market helps FoodCycle move resources where they’re needed most, connecting shelf-stable goods and fresh produce with community members while keeping good food in circulation and out of landfills. It’s a powerful reminder that food recovery is climate action—and that collaboration can turn individual efforts into collective impact.A huge thank you to every volunteer who showed up for our Community Day! Your time, energy, and willingness to get involved helped us move food and serve our community faster and more efficiently. We even finished hours ahead of schedule! 🙌Collaboration is a big part of FoodCycle’s leadership strategy because the challenges of food waste, hunger, and climate change are too interconnected—and too big—for any one organization to solve alone. We’re building an ecosystem where everyone has a role to play.Want to be part of it? Join us at our next Community Day, share our work, and donate to help FoodCycle keep moving food, resources, and opportunity to communities that need them.Tiny ways to get involved can create a big impact. 🌱#FoodCycle #ClimateAction #FoodRecovery #FoodWaste #CommunityAction ...

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Our Community Day with Thrive Market Vintage Faith Foursquare Church showed what’s possible when we come together to fight hunger and food waste. 💚🌎A huge THANK YOU to Thrive Market for providing shelf-stable goods to support our community, and to every volunteer who showed up ready to make a difference!Together, we transferred bags of shelf-stable groceries from Thrive Market to bags which included rescued fresh produce, helping get more nourishing food into the hands of the people who need it. Thanks to our incredible volunteers, we wrapped up hours ahead of schedule — a true testament to what we can accomplish when we work together!This work matters now more than ever. As climate change intensifies extreme heat, droughts, and disruptions to our food supply, families already experiencing food insecurity face even greater challenges accessing nutritious meals. Meanwhile, perfectly good food continues to go to waste, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions when it ends up in landfills.At FoodCycle, we’re working to change that by rescuing surplus food and redirecting it to the communities that need it most. Because fighting hunger and protecting our planet can — and must — go hand in hand. 🌱Want to be part of the impact?💚 Donate to help us rescue and redistribute more food.🙌 Volunteer with us and help strengthen our communities.📲 Follow our work to see how food recovery creates real change, one delivery at a time.Together, we can feed people, not landfills.#FoodCycle #FoodInsecurity #FoodRecovery #ClimateAction #FoodWaste ...

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