Food recovery saves consumable food from being thrown away & redirects it to those in need

This former program of the Resource Center sought to reduce the amount of healthy, unsold food that is potentially wasted in Chicago by redirecting it to local food programs.  Everyday tons of nutritious, consumable food is thrown away, going directly to landfills, passing right by people who could directly benefit from this excess. 

With the cooperation of local grocery stores and restaurants, we collected food that they no longer wished to sell for various reasons - a recent expiration date, surplus stock, and more - and found ways to redistribute it into our local communities peaking at tens of thousands of pounds of fresh food monthly to people in need.

Now, we recommend working with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and their "Retail Food Rescue" and "Large Scale Food Donations" programs.