Feeding It Forward

Our volunteers and staff pick up excess available food from restaurants, markets, grocery stores, and special events. We then safely transport and distribute the food to community-based organizations that focus on serving Napa County residents in need. Clients who benefit from our free food distributions include affordable housing residents, farm workers, shelter residents, and the working low-income.

Since our founding in 2018, we have recovered and distributed over 1,000,000 pounds of food. In 2025, we distributed 189,687 pounds of food, the equivalent of 158,073 meals, to over 6,600 people. We partnered with 87 food generator businesses to save their excess available food and 47 community-based organizations to distribute to those most vulnerable across Napa County.

We reduce or remove as many barriers as possible that prevent people from accessing food. We do not require any additional paperwork or identification, and we bring food to high-need communities or locations they are already accessing to minimize transportation and mobility barriers.