Healthy Communities Need Healthy Foods

Mushrooms, broccoli, apples and tomatoes in a box



Every day, Feeding America commits to building stronger communities with nutritious food. Here's how:

fruit iconMaking more fresh produce available to hungry people


  • Produce Matchmaker connects growers of highly perishable, fresh produce directly with food banks in the Feeding America network to quickly and efficiently rescue surplus food.
  • Mobile food pantries provide a critical lifeline to healthy foods for families in hard-to-reach and underserved areas. Our mobile pantries create access to healthy foods by meeting people where they are.
  • MealConnect makes safe and quick food donations possible by matching food businesses directly to the Feeding America network.

Recipe CardOpening the door to healthy eating


  • Smart merchandising through our network helps make choosing healthy food a habit. It can be as simple as putting cabbage in a prominent location, displaying whole wheat bread and clearly explaining the benefits of items that can make healthy eating easier.
  • Many food banks in the Feeding America network offer hands-on education, including cooking demonstrations and taste tests that promote easy ways to use a wide variety of produce. Placing recipe cards near produce also gives families ideas for making healthy meals.

Hunger and Nutrition Researching how health and hunger intersect

We know that there’s a strong relationship between nutrition, health and food insecurity. That's why we continue to conduct research on how these topics intersect — and how we can use that knowledge to better serve people facing hunger. Take an in-depth look at the connection we’ve found between health and hunger.

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