This initiative provides selected community colleges with financial and technical assistance to establish, sustain, and expand robust, student-supported food recovery programs. By bridging the gap between food waste and campus food insecurity, the program ensures surplus food from campus dining and local businesses is safely recovered and redirected to people who need it most.

We are so grateful to be partnering with Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks this summer to help increase access to fresh produce for Baltimore City school families! Watch the segment from @WMAR-2 News Baltimore to learn more.

Hunger relief experts, like Regina Harmon, CEO of the Food Recovery Network (FRN), say the need for food assistance increases during the summer, when many students no longer have access to the free or reduced-price meals they receive at school. 

We have talked to countless people who say, “I always wondered what happened to all of the food at the end of the conferences I attend.” People see the abundance for themselves, and they care. By having a food recovery plan in place, companies can be proud to answer that question: “The surplus food from this event will be donated locally to help feed people experiencing food insecurity.” That goodwill produced cannot be bought; it is genuinely earned by doing the right thing.