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

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Fighting Climate Change with Food Rescue

Our hearts are with everyone impacted by the recent back-to-back hurricanes that have devastated communities across the globe. Entire towns…
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Pitching In at PNC Park: A Winning Collaboration Between Aramark and 412 Food Rescue

Food waste at sports stadiums and arenas can be a huge problem both in waste removal costs and loss of…
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Whole Foods’ Third Annual ‘Stuff the Van’ Event

This week, 412 Food Rescue and Whole Foods came together once again for the third annual “Stuff the Van” event!…
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Trailblazing Food Rescue Conference Returns This October

On October 24 – 25, Pittsburgh based Food Rescue Hero, and its parent organization 412 Food Rescue, will host its annual Food…
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.

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

33

lbs. of surplus food rescued

Equivalent to more than

28

meals provided

Over

66

lbs. of CO2 mitigated

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

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