City Harvest

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City Harvest is the world's first food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women and children.This year, City Harvest will collect 28 million pounds of excess food from all segments of the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to nearly 600 community food programs throughout New York City using a fleet of trucks and bikes as well as volunteers on foot. Each week, City Harvest helps over 300,000 hungry New Yorkers find their next meal. City Harvest also addresses hunger’s underlying causes by supporting affordable access to nutritious food in low-income communities, educating individuals, families, and communities in the prevention of diet-related diseases, channeling a greater amount of local farm food into high-need areas, and enhancing the ability of agency partners to feed hungry men, women, and children. Be sure to take a chic peek at this wonderful charity, find out how to get involved with volunteer opportunities such as Greenmarket rescue missions at Union Square's Greenmarket by clicking here: City Harvest