New York Gleaning & Food Recovery Organizations
City Harvest
New York City based nonprofit engaging in food rescue from farms, restaurants, cafeterias and other venues and delivering it across the five boroughs, while providing additional services in addressing long term food insecurity. Information for volunteers, food donors, and others.
6 East 32nd St. 5th floor, Manhattan, NY 10016 Gleaning Type: Urban, On-farm, Food recovery, Distribution Organization Type: Nonprofit
Cornell Coopertive Extension
Cornel Cooperative Extension hosts a variety of agriculture-based programs, including a community gleaning program. They have several instructors who teach classes on gardening, pollination, and food security. All gleaned and produced food goes to benefit local hunger relief organizations throughout the community.
365 Roberts Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 Gleaning Type: On-farm, Food recovery Organization Type: University, Nonprofit, Paid staff
Food Bank of Central New York
Syracuse, NY based nonprofit organization that receives donations from food and wholesale retailers, farmers, food manufacturers and community members and delivers the food to needy recipients. Child and senior centers, group homes, and other nonprofits can use the bank to meet their food needs. The website includes information for food and service recipients, farmers, volunteers, food donors and others.
7066 Interstate Island Rd, Syracuse, NY 13209 Gleaning Type: Urban, Food recovery, Distribution Organization Type: Nonprofit
Food Rescue US – Nassau County
Food Rescue US is dedicated to eliminating hunger and food waste (keeping food out of landfills and reducing greenhouse gasses). We engage volunteers and food donors through our proprietary web-based app to directly transfer nutritious, excess food to social service agencies serving the food insecure.
Nassau County, NY Gleaning Type: Food recovery, Other support (software, management, etc.) Organization Type: Paid staff
Food Rescue US – Suffolk County
Food Rescue US is dedicated to eliminating hunger and food waste (keeping food out of landfills and reducing greenhouse gasses). We engage volunteers and food donors through our proprietary web-based app to directly transfer nutritious, excess food to social service agencies serving the food insecure.
Suffolk County, NY Gleaning Type: Food recovery, Other support (software, management, etc.) Organization Type: Paid staff
Foodlink
Rochester, NY based food rescue organization that operates a regional food hub and serves as a Feeding America food bank that distributes food to service agencies, serves meals and hosts over 30 food programs, including nutrition education. The website includes information for food and service recipients, volunteers, food donors and others.
1999 Mt. Read Blvd, Rochester, NY, 14615 Gleaning Type: Urban, Food recovery, Distribution Organization Type: Paid staff
Friendship Donations Network
Ithaca, NY based nonprofit organization that provides fresh produce to the food insecure, sourced from local sites, including Neighborhood Food Hubs. The organization also provides healthy eating and cooking classes using gleaned produce. The website includes information for food recipients and others.
1013 West State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 Gleaning Type: Urban, Food recovery, Distribution Organization Type: Nonprofit
Island Harvest
Long Island, NY based nonprofit that picks up surplus food from commercial donors and delivers it to food pantries, soup kitchens and other nonprofits benefitting the food insecure. The website includes information for food recipients, food donors, volunteers and others.
126 Spagnoli Road, Melville, NY 11747 Gleaning Type: Urban, Food recovery, Distribution Organization Type: Nonprofit
Just Food
New York City based nonprofit training community members and leaders in developing urban agriculture and markets, running CSAs, and general food education. Additional programs include connecting farmers to city CSAs and markets, and working with food pantries and farm to school programing. The website includes information for farmers, volunteers and others.
100 Crosby St, New York, NY 10012 Gleaning Type: Urban, Other support (software, management, etc.) Organization Type: Nonprofit
Long Table Harvest
Long Table Harvest's mission is to cultivate social and economic justice in the local food system through dynamic, inclusive and creative collaborations across our diverse rural community. They glean fresh fruits, vegetables and meat from 30+ farms on a weekly basis which is distributed to 30+ distribution sites throughout Columbia, Dutchess, and Greene Counties.
385 Northern Blvd Gleaning Type: Food recovery, Distribution Organization Type: Nonprofit
Long Table Harvest
Harvesting farmers' abundance to nourish and strengthen our community. Long Table Harvest was created in the fall of 2015 in order to address a significant need for low-income households to access fresh produce in Columbia County, New York.
No physical address Gleaning Type: On-farm, Distribution Organization Type: Nonprofit
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
New York City based nonprofit that works with hotels, restaurants and other companies to encourage food donations that can be distributed to needy communities. Additional services offered include food waste consulting, excess food delivery, co-branding services, and tax credit assistance. The website includes information for volunteers, food donors and those interested in donating food.
25 Broadway 12th floor, New York, NY 10004 Gleaning Type: Urban, Food recovery, Distribution, Other support (software, management, etc.) Organization Type: Nonprofit
Second Chance Foods, Inc
Second Chance Foods is nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing unsold, un-served, and aesthetically imperfect food and distributing it in an effort to reduce food waste and food insecurity. We collect food from farms, grocery stores, restaurants and other purveyors in the Hudson Valley Region and distribute it directly to community outreach organizations that provide meals to people who need food the most.
116 Federal Hill Rd, Brewster, NY 10509 Gleaning Type: On-farm, Farmers markets, Food recovery, Distribution Organization Type: Nonprofit
Seven Valleys Food Rescue (SVFR)
Seven Valleys Food Rescue (SVFR) picks-up excess healthy food from local food donors across Cortland County and delivers it to local organizations and community programs that feed food insecure community members. The essence of our good work is built on a foundation of awesome volunteers, local community partners, regional collaborations, and one SVFR staff member.
174 Homer Avenue Gleaning Type: Food recovery, On-farm, Residential, Farmers markets, Distribution Organization Type: Nonprofit
Squash Hunger
Capital Roots Squash Hunger program is a food donation initiative that collects and distributes fresh produce to our regions food pantries and shelters each year. Since 2004 Capital Roots has involved thousands of community members in our effort to increase the presence of fresh food on communal tables. We rely on generous gardeners, farmers and grocery shoppers to donate fresh produce to our collection bins and on volunteers to deliver it to food pantries and shelter kitchens, some of which feed more than 100 people three meals a day, every day.
594 River St, Troy, NY 12180 Gleaning Type: On-farm, Urban, Food recovery, Distribution Organization Type: Nonprofit
UlsterCorps
Ulster County, NY based organization that runs the UlsterCorps' Glean Team, a part of their Hunger Project Collaboration that gleans, processes and transports surplus foods to food pantries. The website includes information for volunteers.
No physical address Gleaning Type: On-farm, Urban, Food recovery Organization Type: Nonprofit
West Side Campaign Against Hunger
New York City based organization that runs a customer choice "supermarket style" food pantry, accepts food donations and provides additional social services. The website includes information for food and service recipients and volunteers.
263 West 86th Street New York, NY 10024 Gleaning Type: Urban, Distribution Organization Type: Paid staff
