Uplifting communities with healthy food
Join Our Mission to Nourish and Empower Communities
Your Impact in Action
Transforming Lives Through Our Services
Every donation you make breathes life into our community. Here's how your support makes a difference in each of our services:
FOOD RECOVERY
Your donations help us recover and redistribute food that would otherwise go to waste.
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SCHOOL MARKETS
Your support helps us provide stigma-free food resources in schools.
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JUST EATS
Your gifts bring fresh produce and pantry staples to food pantries.
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CARROT CARDS
Your donations ensure students have enough to eat on weekends.
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TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP
Your generosity ensures smaller food pantries can access fresh produce
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Our Mission
Food For Free improves access to healthy food through establishing innovative programming and partnerships to overcome barriers and strengthen the community food system.
We believe that access to healthy food is a fundamental right. We envision a future where everyone in our community – regardless of age, income, or ability – has consistent access to fresh, healthy, delicious food.
Through a combination of food recovery and transportation services, we give food programs year-round access to fresh fruits and vegetables, while our direct service programs bring food to students, seniors, and others most at risk of hunger.
Our programs address not only short-term hunger, but also the long-term health effects of food insecurity and poor nutrition, while reducing food waste.
Empowering Communities:
Food for Free's Impact
Food For Free is not just a food recovery organization; it's a community-driven movement dedicated to ending hunger in Greater Boston. Starting in the 1980s, our mission has been to ensure that nutritious food reaches neighbors in need.
Today, we serve 132,000 individuals annually by delivering fresh, nutritious food to our partners with dignity and care. By volunteering or providing financial support, you can join us in our fight against hunger. Together, let's use good food to build healthy communities.