If you need immediate food assistance, call 2-1-1 and the operator will direct you to the nearest food distribution center.
Read MoreThis organization helps 42 million home and community gardeners end food waste and hunger by educating and enabling them to donate their excess garden produce to a nearby food pantry.
Read MoreHelps connect fruit tree owners and residents with local gleaning groups around San Diego County to pick the remaining crop for distribution to the hungry. Feeding San Diego works with both gleaning groups and other food donors to accept and distribute more than 18.5 million meals annually throughout San Diego County.
Read MoreThe Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank welcomes surplus and imperfect food that is still perfectly edible and safe to consume from throughout San Diego County. We have two drop off locations--central and north county. To schedule a pickup of already picked produce please contact our Food Procurement Coordinator Martha Vargas at 858-863-5133. To schedule a team of volunteers to pick your residential crop, please contact our partner CropSwap listed above and let them know you would like your produce to be donated to the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank.
Read MoreThis is a bartering site for San Diego's surplus backyard fruit and vegetables.
Read MoreLists numerous California gleaning and food rescue organizations, primarily in S. Calif., along with a few in other Western states. Includes pages on tree care, harvesting tips and food preservation.
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