40% of food is wasted while 1 in 8 go hungry. Hunger afflicts nearly 200,000 people in our region, many of them children.
412 Food Rescue bridges the disconnect between waste and hunger by rescuing perfectly viable food from going to waste and directly distributing to organizations that serve those who are hungry.
We work with food distributors, retailers, caterers and restaurants who want to save food from going to waste. We work with community organizations like shelters, housing projects, backpack projects and soup kitchens to transform what would have been landfill into nutritious, delicious food for our hungry neighbors.
Rescuing food not only fights hunger, it also benefits our environment. Food waste is one the largest component of landfills and major cause of green house gas emissions.
Powered by Food Rescue Hero, this work is made possible through the use of innovative technology and a network of dedicated volunteers who generously give their time in this fight against hunger and for the environment.
412 Food Rescue bridges the disconnect between waste and hunger by rescuing perfectly viable food from going to waste and directly distributing to organizations that serve those who are hungry.
We work with food distributors, retailers, caterers and restaurants who want to save food from going to waste. We work with community organizations like shelters, housing projects, backpack projects and soup kitchens to transform what would have been landfill into nutritious, delicious food for our hungry neighbors.
Rescuing food not only fights hunger, it also benefits our environment. Food waste is one the largest component of landfills and major cause of green house gas emissions.
Powered by Food Rescue Hero, this work is made possible through the use of innovative technology and a network of dedicated volunteers who generously give their time in this fight against hunger and for the environment.
Location: United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Employees: 1-10
Phone: +1 412-277-3831
Founded date: 2015
Mentions in press and media 3
| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.06.2020 | How Pittsburgh startups are navigating social distancing while serving communities in the pandemic | “There’s no such thing as sales regions anymore,” joked George Cook, founder of crowdfunding startup Honeycomb Credit. “My region is my kitchen table.” Soon after the work from home mandate went into place to stop the spread of COVID-19, Co... |
| 27.09.2018 | Pittsburgh’s 412 Food Rescue: ‘Born digital’ and growing | About a third of the world’s produce is thrown away annually. In Allegheny County, nearly one in seven people go hungry. 412 Food Rescue was founded in 2o15 by Gisele Fetterman and Leah Lizarondo as they sought to build an infrastructure ar... |
| 13.06.2018 | Pittsburgh’s UpPrize just funded these 3 idea-stage startups for social good | IMPULSUM doesn’t have a website or a formal structure, but founders Albert Cheng and Leigh Solomon Pugliano just won $5,000 for their “great idea” to help Pittsburgh area nonprofits. In their volunteer and professional work with nonprofits,... |