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

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Events

From Awareness to Action: Celebrate Earth Month in Pittsburgh with 412 Food Rescue

Since 2015, Pittsburgh has mitigated over 60 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere through one solution–food…
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New Food Donor: GetGo #3030 in Franklin Township

412 Food Rescue is excited to onboard GetGo #3030 as a new food donor! GetGo #3030 in Franklin Township joins…
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Amplify Your Corporate Culture of Giving Back

Corporate support is not only vital to 412 Food Rescue’s mission, it’s also vital to your employee engagement and brand…
Food Donors

New Food Donor: Salem’s Market and Grill

412 Food Rescue is excited to onboard Salem’s Market and Grill as a new food donor! Salem’s Market and Grill…
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Download the 412 Food Rescue app:

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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.

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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

31

lbs. of surplus food rescued

Equivalent to more than

26

meals provided

Over

60

lbs. of CO2 mitigated

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

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”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