Launched in 2020, the Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program aims to expand the capacity and capability for community-based food rescue organizations to move food from where it’s available to where it’s needed most. Through this program, Whole Foods Market funds the purchase of refrigerated vans for food-recovery organizations so they can transport fresh, healthy food back to their communities — a critical, and oftentimes difficult, step in the food-redistribution process.

How Nourishing Our Neighborhoods makes a difference:

  • Each vehicle has the capacity to rescue 20,000 pounds of food weekly
  • 1,040,000 pounds of food per vehicle per year can be diverted from landfills
  • 8,666,667 meals can be shared over the van’s 10-year life cycle

Recipient organizations:

To nourish people and the planet, and in response to significant food insecurity needs in communities, all Whole Foods Market operational areas participate in the Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program. Through this program, we continue to grow our relationship with food-rescue organizations across the U.S. and Canada, which supports our pledge to cut our food waste in half by 2030 as part of the Amazon Sustainability Action Plan.

All participating organizations currently participate in Whole Foods Market’s Grocery Rescue Program — picking up food from stores weekly and redistributing it to feed neighbors fresh, high-quality food as quickly as possible.

If your organization is interested in participating in the Whole Foods Market Grocery Rescue Program, please contact our friends at Food Donation Connection. Learn more about Whole Foods Market’s commitment to fighting food waste HERE.

Organizations already participating in Whole Foods Market’s Grocery Rescue Program that are interested in the Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program can apply for consideration HERE.

Nourishing Our Neighborhoods Partnering Organizations & Years of Collaboration:

412 Food Rescue – Pittsburgh, PA Collaborating since 2017
All Community Outreach – Allen, TX Collaborating since 2018
Aloha Harvest – Oahu, HI Collaborating since 2005
The Action Center – Lakewood, CO Collaborating since 2002
Bounty and Soul – Black Mountain, NC Collaborating since 2019
The Bowery Mission – New York, NY Collaborating since 2009
Buffalo City Mission – Buffalo, NY Collaborating since 2009
Care for Real – Chicago, IL Collaborating since 2010
Celestial Manna – Greater Washington, D.C. Collaborating since 2017
Celestial Manna Las Vegas – Las Vegas, NV Collaborating since 2020
Ceres Community Project– Marin and Sonoma counties, CA Collaborating since 2021
City Harvest – New York, NY Collaborating since 2001
CityTeam – San Francisco, CA Collaborating since 2020
The Compassion Center – Baltimore, MD Collaborating since 2020
Covenant Center – Bridgeport, CT Collaborating since 2024
Eugene Mission – Eugene, OR Collaborating since 2018
ExtraFood – San Francisco, CA Collaborating since 2000
Family Table Collective – South Yarmouth, MA Collaborating since 2021
Feeding the Foothills – Roseville, CA Collaborating since 2016
The Felix Project – London, UK Collaborating since 2018
Flagstaff Family Food Center – Flagstaff, AZ Collaborating since 2017
Following Francis dba. Following Francis on the Hill – Washington, D.C. Collaborating since 2023
Food Finders – Greater Los Angeles, CA Collaborating since 2009
Food For Free – Cambridge, MA Collaborating since 2014
The Food Pantries of the Capital District – Albany, NY Collaborating since 2018
Food Share of Ventura County – Oxnard, CA Collaborating since 2017
Food Shift – Oakland, CA Collaborating since 2021
Food Stash Foundation – Vancouver, BC Collaborating since 2017
FoodCycle LA – Los Angeles, CA Collaborating since 2020
Forgotten Harvest – Metro Detroit, MI Collaborating since 2004
Gifts of Love – Hartford, CT Collaborating since 2021
Good Neighbors  – Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL Collaborating since 2023
The Green Apple Pantry – Grand Rapids, MI Collaborating since 2022
Harmony House – Houston, TX Collaborating since 2018
HCS Family Services – Hinsdale, IL Collaborating since 2016
Human Resource Development Council of District IX Inc – Bozeman, MT Collaborating since 2022
Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland – Cleveland, OH Collaborating since 2017
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle – Raleigh, NC Collaborating since 2012
The Johnson Center – Austin, TX Collaborating since 2017
Keep Austin Fed – Austin, TX Collaborating since 2005
Laguna Food Pantry – Laguna Beach, CA Collaborating since 2017
Lighthouse Ministries – Byram, MS Collaborating since 2014
Spoonfuls. – Boston, MA Collaborating since 2013
Manna on Main Street – Montgomery County, PA Collaborating since 2008
Martha’s Kitchen – San Jose, CA Collaborating since 2019
Merrimack Valley Food Bank – Lowell, MA Collaborating since 2024
Miami Rescue Mission – Miami, FL Collaborating since 2004
Minnie’s Food Pantry – Plano, TX Collaborating since 2013
The Nashville Food Project – Nashville, TN Collaborating since 2012
North St. Paul Area Food Shelf – St. Paul, MN Collaborating since 2020
Northern Virginia Food Rescue – Northern Virginia, VA Collaborating since 2021
nourish.NJ  – Morristown, NJ Collaborating since 2018
Nourishing Hope – Chicago, IL Collaborating since 2016
NourishKC – Kansas City, MO Collaborating since 2017
Open Door Mission – Rochester, NY Collaborating since 2023
OSL (OPERATION: Sack Lunch) – Seattle, WA Collaborating since 2013
Palm Beach Harvest – Palm Beach, FL Collaborating since 2014
Paradise Valley Community Food Bank – Phoenix, AZ Collaborating since 2017
Portland Rescue Mission – Portland, OR Collaborating since 2010
Rethink Food – New York, NY Collaborating since 2021
River City Food Bank – Sacramento, CA Collaborating since 2016
The River Food Pantry – Madison, WI Collaborating since 2019
RoadRunner Food Bank – Albuquerque, NM Collaborating since 2017
The Salem Pantry – Salem, MA Collaborating since 2022
The San Francisco Food Bank – San Francisco, CA Collaborating since 2016
Second Helpings Atlanta – Atlanta, GA Collaborating since 2004
Second Helpings, Inc. – Indianapolis, IN Collaborating since 2016
Second Servings of Houston – Houston, TX Collaborating since 2019
Share Food Program – Philadelphia, PA Collaborating since 2021
South Shore Food Bank – Boston, MA Collaborating since 2022
South Tulsa Community House – Tulsa, OK Collaborating since 2017
St. Francis Neighborhood Center – Baltimore, MD Collaborating since 2017
Table to Table – Northern NJ Collaborating since 1999
Tankproof – Prairieville, LA Collaborating since 2017
Unity Shoppe – Santa Barbara, CA Collaborating since 2017
University District Food Bank – Seattle, WA Collaborating since 2005
Urbandale Food Pantry – Urbandale, IA Collaborating since 2016
Venice Family Clinic – Venice, CA Collaborating since 2021
Waste Less Solutions – Salt Lake City, UT Collaborating since 2019
Wayside Food Programs – Portland, ME Collaborating since 2013
We All We Got Inc. – Smithtown, NY Collaborating since 2022
White Pony Express – Greater San Francisco Bay Area, CA Collaborating since 2016

 

Nourishing Our Neighborhoods Program Expansion

Since the program inception in 2020, the Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program has expanded to now include Nourishing Our Neighborhoods mobile pantry events. These free events are farmers market-style events held in partnership with nonprofit food-rescue organizations participating in Whole Foods Market’s Grocery Rescue Program. Each event provides pantry staples and fresh produce for over 700 families facing food insecurity.

2025 mobile pantry partner recipients received a Nourishing Our Neighborhoods van in 2026. Watch the video about the program HERE.

Partners & Locations

6 Stones Mission Euless, TX
Community Access & Support Services Inc. Richmond, VA
Community Action Service Center (dba Rise) Hightstown, NJ
McAuley House Providence, RI
Operation Food Search St. Louis, MO
Porchlight Community Services, Inc. San Diego, CA

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