City Harvest
MISSION
City Harvest is New York City's largest food rescue organization, helping to feed the nearly 1.2 million New Yorkers who are struggling to put meals on their tables. We will rescue 89 million pounds of food this year and deliver it, free of charge, to hundreds of food pantries, soup kitchens and other community partners across the five boroughs.
ABOUT
City Harvest helped start the food rescue movement in 1982 when a group of New Yorkers saw that New York City had an abundance of excess food even while a large number of its residents struggled to feed themselves and their families. We recognized the practical purpose that this surplus food could serve if directed to New Yorkers who needed it.
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Today, City Harvest is New York City's largest food rescue organization, helping to feed the more than 1.5 million New Yorkers who are struggling to put meals on their tables.
City Harvest focuses on filling the plates of the working mom who had trouble making ends meet at month's end. the senior in the apartment upstairs living on a fixed income. or the family around the corner coping with a large and unexpected medical bill. Today. City Harvest is New York City's largest food rescue organization. helping to feed the more than 1.5 million New Yorkers who are struggling to put meals on their tables. We will rescue 109 million pounds of food this year and deliver it. free of charge, to hundreds of food pantries, soup kitchens and other community partners across the five boroughs. Our programs help food-insecure New Yorkers access nutritious food that fits their needs and desires: increase our partners' capacity: and strengthen the local food system, building a path to a food-secure future for all New Yorkers.
How city harvest works
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Grocers, farms, manufacturers, and restaurants donate excess food that otherwise would go to waste.
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We deliver this food to hundreds of soup kitchens, food pantries, and other community food programs, free of charge.
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Our partner community food programs and Mobile Markets provide food to residents in need.
Key milestones and achievements
City Harvest is committed to meeting the increasing need as we content with the devastating economic fallout of COVID-19. We have always been neighbors helping neighbors. From March - December 2020, City Harvest will rescue and deliver approximately 84 million pounds of nutritious food to feed New Yorkers in need, rising to meet the increased need for food during the COVID-19 crisis. We delivered over 80 million pounds in Fiscal Year 2020, which closed on June 30th--16 million pounds more than originally projected.
For a more in-depth look at how been responding to the COVID-19 crisis, check out our report on our webpage here.
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