Food Rescue Collaborative

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility and inequality of our food chain/rescue systems for people dealing with food insecurity.

This broken food chain and the inefficiencies it highlighted caused regional food rescue agencies to try to find a way to collaborate- to create a new model of food distribution. As a collaborative of regional food rescue agencies we are interested in reform of the food chain/distribution system in the United States, with a starting point of building collaboration and efficiencies among regional hunger relief organizations.

Food Rescue Collaborative (FRC) will help feed more people in need, by maximizing local resources and minimizing waste. Local regional agencies have on-the-ground neighborhood-based knowledge, flexibility, innovation and timely resources. Our regional collaboration will eliminate redundancies and inefficiencies from the food distribution system and ensure healthy food is available to communities in need so that agencies can shift their focus to addressing unmet nutritional needs and systemic inequalities in the community.

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Recent Stories From the Field

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$60,000 of produce is destroyed after 12 hours trying to rescue it

A shipment of premium produce was rejected and would not survive the trip back to the West Coast with enough shelf life remaining. Six local agencies tried - and failed - to salvage the produce.

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Rescuing 2,400 pounds of frozen chicken in less than 24 hours

The process of getting “free” food to where it can be consumed by people in need can be a complicated one. Let’s consider a recent call from Jay-Ell Meats, a major Boston-based food manufacturer and distributor.