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Food Connect is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the gaps our food system to build healthier communities.

We are passionate about leveraging technology and existing community efforts to bring about a more thoughtful, sustainable, and connected food system. There are amazing initiatives happening all over the world but so much momentum is lost when there is no easy way to connect and collaborate in real time. We are building solutions to help lower the barriers to collaboration and increase efficiencies in food distribution and collaboration to drive better health outcomes for communities and individuals.

10/13/2026

2026 hasn't been easy for the food system. But we keep seeing reasons to believe things are moving in the right direction. 🌱

• More farmers and food businesses are redirecting surplus food, and new partnerships this year helped double our reach.
• Food access continues to expand into new spaces, like healthcare.
• Around the country, even as local organizations face growing demand and shrinking capacity, instead of pulling back, they're teaming up.

None of this happens by accident. Every success we witness is the result of someone showing up, behind the wheel, at a warehouse, or on the phone connecting two organizations that hadn't worked together before. Want to be part of what's next? If your organization is exploring food recovery, food-as-medicine, or community partnerships, let's chat about it.

10/08/2026

What's your favorite fall season produce?🍎🍠 Ours is anything that makes it from farm to table without going to waste!

10/01/2026

What would you put back if your grocery budget ran out?

The fruit? The vegetables? Something you were counting on for dinner? For many families, the grocery list is shaped by what they can afford to leave in the cart. Knowing what to eat only helps when you can afford it.

Recent news from a Food and Agriculture Organization report on the state of global food security demonstrates that every meal we rescue is a data point in the case for food systems change.

This challenge is global, but our next steps are rooted in local food systems and community building efforts.

Curious to dive deeper? Check out the report here:
➡️ https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/63b052f9-f2c1-453b-97a3-1d814facea36

09/28/2026

Food waste isn't just a hunger issue, it's a climate issue. 🌍

This World Environmental Health Day, we're celebrating the impact our community creates by showing up for our neighbors. In 2025, you helped recover surplus food and get it to community partners, nourishing people, not landfills.

Food waste in landfills releases methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases. Every ton diverted = a ton that never becomes emissions. Rescuing food also rescues the freshwater it took to grow it. 🌎♻️

Curious to learn more? Dive deeper into food waste and climate change via this article from ReFED : https://refed.org/food-waste/climate-and-resources/

09/26/2026

Food waste isn't just a hunger issue, it's a climate issue.

This World Environmental Health Day, we're celebrating the impact this community creates by showing up for our neighbors. 🌍

In 2025, your support helped recover surplus food and deliver it to community partners. Food waste in landfills releases methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases.

Every ton diverted is a ton that never becomes emissions. Rescuing food also rescues the freshwater it took to grow it.

Curious to learn more? Dive deeper into food waste and climate change via this article from ReFED / ➡️ https://refed.org/food-waste/climate-and-resources/

09/23/2026

Dirt under nails. Community in bloom.

Cherry tomatoes. Hot peppers. Raspberries. Thyme. Beets. Community gardens don't just grow food, they grow neighbors into friends and empty lots into something worth showing up for. 🍅🌶️

Check out the late summer planting and harvest. 👉

09/17/2026

What does ‘equitable food access’ actually look like?

According to the families we serve, in their own words, it’s about receiving fresh, healthy produce, right when it's most needed. It's about getting real help with groceries. It's about someone who can't get out easily still having access to nourishing food, delivered with a kind word. It's about a friendly face at the door and a bag of groceries that means someone feels seen and cared for.

Our beneficiaries say it best. Swipe through to hear it in their own words. 🥬💚

09/16/2026

A hungry child cannot learn. It's that simple.

Research is clear: school meals are one of the most powerful tools we have to support students, especially those from households facing food insecurity.

That's why Healthy School Meals for All matters. It's a movement to make breakfast and lunch free for every student, no exceptions, no stigma, no paperwork barriers.

The impact goes beyond the cafeteria. Free school meals can mean:

�🍎 Less hunger, more focus in the classroom�
📈 Better attendance, behavior, and health outcomes�
💰 Real relief for families stretching every dollar amid rising costs

Every child deserves the nutrition they need to grow and thrive. Hungry children can't wait. Use the Food Research & Action Center Action Network to urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor the Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026 Tell and help make Healthy School Meals for All a reality.

➡️ https://frac.org/healthy-school-meals-for-all

09/08/2026

Our team members Constantina and Shannell recently toured community pantries we work with in Newark, looking at how to strengthen the local systems that get food to families across the state reliably, week after week.

Conversations like these, with the people doing the day-to-day work, are where the real problem-solving happens. We’re grateful for the recent support from to keep this work in Newark growing. 🌱🌱🌱

09/03/2026

Sometimes the most impactful fix isn't a new program, but removing barriers to an existing one.

Every week, volunteers at a Twin Cities food pantry serving local communities used to spend hours driving to grocery stores, farms, and food banks collecting surplus food before it expired or went to waste.

It was necessary work. But it also pulled them away from what they valued most: time with the people who rely on the pantry. "Our volunteers were just expressing their discontent in continuing to do this," says Theresa Halvorson-Lee, who directs the Department of Indian Work.

Today, thanks to an incredible partnership with GreenLight Fund , a driver from Food Connect makes those pickups instead, freeing volunteers to focus on direct service again.

It's a small operational shift with an outsized effect: when logistics stop competing with mission, organizations can do more of what they're actually there to do.

➡️ Read the full story here, in the Chronicle of Philanthropy: https://bit.ly/4qGRjM4

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