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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Every $1 helps deliver 4 meals — and powers our work to rescue even more food.
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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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Ariel D. King, California Climate Action Corps Alumni and Communications Manager at FoodCycle, accepted the City of Glendale’s proclamation on behalf of the organization, recognizing Food Waste Prevention Week, September 28–October 4, 2026.This work is made possible through collaboration with the City of Glendale’s Public Works Department, local food donors, community organizations, FoodCycle staff and volunteers. Together, we’re demonstrating that food waste prevention can address two challenges at once: feeding people while keeping valuable resources out of landfills.During the City Council presentation, Ariel spoke about the impact of food recovery in Glendale—how surplus food is being redirected to community organizations instead of becoming waste, the food donors making these rescues possible, and the partnerships that help connect good food with neighbors who need it.FoodCycle is proud to be part of this growing food recovery infrastructure, and we’re grateful to the City of Glendale for recognizing the importance of food waste prevention and the people and partnerships making this work possible.California Climate Action Corps #FoodWastePreventionWeek #FoodRecovery #GlendaleCA #FoodCycle #ClimateAction ...

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Nancy Beyda, Founder and Executive Director of FoodCycle, represented the organization as a featured speaker at Climate Week NYC 2026 @climateweeknycAs conversations around climate action, food systems, technology, and sustainability took center stage, Nancy shared FoodCycle’s perspective on one of the most immediate opportunities to create impact: keeping good food in circulation and out of landfills.She participated in programming highlighting @cookunity a FoodCycle donor whose partnership has helped us provide thousands of meals to communities in South Los Angeles. Together, partnerships like these demonstrate how businesses can play a meaningful role in building a more resilient food system—by redirecting surplus food to people rather than allowing it to become waste.Nancy also highlighted the role of technology-driven food waste reduction and food recovery including how data can help track rescued food and demonstrate its environmental impact. Every rescue represents more than a meal: it helps conserve the resources used to produce that food and prevents organic material from unnecessarily entering landfills, where it contributes to greenhouse gas emissions.Food recovery sits at the intersection of hunger relief, climate action, resource conservation, and community resilience. By connecting food donors with organizations serving their communities, FoodCycle is helping build a system where surplus food can continue nourishing people instead of becoming waste.We’re grateful to @climateweeknyc for creating space for these conversations, to @cookunity and our many food donors for helping make recovery possible, and to the community partners, staff, drivers, volunteers, and organizations working every day to move food where it is needed most.Feed people, not landfills. 🌎🥕#ClimateWeekNYC #FoodRecovery #FoodWaste #ClimateAction #FoodCycle ...

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