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Preventing perfectly good food from going to waste in Pittsburgh & Southwest Pennsylvania.

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A Decade of Impact: 412 Day Block Party Brings the Community Together

This past Saturday, April 12, 2025, we marked a huge milestone - 412 Food Rescue’s 10-year anniversary - with an…
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Gordon Food Service Donates Over Two Tons from Pittsburgh Food Show 2025

On March 26th, 412 Food Rescue rescued 5,247 lbs of food from the annual Gordon Food Service’s Food Show at…
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412 Day Block Party Celebrates 10 Years of Pittsburgh-Powered Food Rescue

In the spring of 2015, a scrappy new nonprofit began frequenting restaurants and grocery stores in Pittsburgh, rescuing good food…
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Download the 412 Food Rescue app:

iPhone with the Food Rescue Hero app
1

Register for food rescue notifications

Join the fastest growing and largest community of volunteers, download our app and turn on notifications to get an alert when a food rescue is available to claim.
2

Find a food rescue nearby

Claim a rescue route that works for your schedule, available daily and weekly - in as little as 30 minutes you'll pick up and deliver fresh, nutritious food.
3

Feed people, not landfills

One food rescue at a time delivers fresh food to nonprofits who serve our neighbors experiencing food insecurity, and makes a huge impact on our community.

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We fight food waste:

Up to 40% of food that is produced is wasted.

We fight hunger:

1 in 5 Pittsburghers is experiencing food insecurity.

We protect the environment:

Food waste generates the most toxic greenhouse gas in landfills.

SINCE 2015

Over

35

lbs. of surplus food rescued

Equivalent to more than

29

meals provided

Over

71

lbs. of CO2 mitigated

Alongside our amazing volunteers, known as Food Rescue Heroes - together we are transforming the communities all around us.

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”2020 World Changing Idea Award Winner

Fast Company

”Chances are, all that leftover food from your office party or wedding might end up in a dumpster—and eventually the landfill. Unless a hero swoops in.

NPR