Featuring Food Forward

Every Monday 52andChange brings a different nonprofit to our growing audience of microgivers. We rally around $1 gifts and our system tops at $10.* This week, every dollar you donate to Food Forward on 52andChange.org will rescue 14 pounds of fresh surplus produce... and inspire others to do the same!

What? Seriously?

Yep. Give $2 and you’ve helped turn 28 lbs of surplus produce into nutrition.

Here’s how:

Food Forward rescues fruits and vegetables from backyard fruit trees, orchards, farms, farmers’ markets, and commercial/wholesale produce vendors, preventing this healthy food from going to waste. The fresh produce is then donated,100% free of charge, to hunger relief agencies who serve families and individuals experiencing food insecurity. Through their work, Food Forward is providing critical human services and redirecting the inbuilt excess of the food system.

The 52andChange team is utterly blown away by the story and far-reaching impact of Food Forward. In just 12 years, what started as a neighborhood tangerine harvest to share abundance has grown into the largest urban gleaning nonprofit in California! They have reached a milestone of recovering and donating more than 200 million pounds of produce.

We are just scratching the surface...there’s so much more to learn about Food Forward and their impact here, where you can also find ways to connect and follow their work on social media.

And, remember, every dollar you give this week will turn 14 pounds of excess produce into nutrition. It’s hard to imagine a dollar better spent. Thanks for making a difference!