The Food Recovery Program at University of California, Berkeley is a new initiative that brings together cross-campus partners in order to address issues of food waste and food insecurity. Initiated by the Basic Needs Community in Fall of 2017, the program aims to divert excess wholesome and edible foods from the waste stream to food insecure individuals, which will significantly reduce food waste while also playing a role in immediate hunger relief efforts.

Are you hosting an event? Will there be food?
Feed hungry students with your leftovers instead of feeding the trashcan.
Participate in the Food Recovery Program by donating leftover foods from your meetings, events, and gatherings.

How It Works
Submit this form with the details of the event and the type of foods that will be served. Departments across campus will have approved lounges where wholesome, edible foods can be dropped-off and accessed by hungry individuals. Once transported to the approved lounge, an electronic Food Drop-off form (goo.gl/ogaKWc) must be submitted in order to identify basic information such as the donor and type of food donated. For meetings, events, and gatherings that have the potential for significant excess foods, please contact the Food Recovery Coordinator at foodrecovery@berkeley.edu in addition to submitting this form to ensure that there is ample storage for the recovered foods and to coordinate logistics and transportation to the UC Berkeley Food Pantry. Any amount of food is welcome for donation.

Note: Please submit this form for every event you intend to have food recovered.

The food donor is responsible for ensuring that the donated food is wholesome and fit for human consumption. All food donors are expected to handle, serve, and transport the food according to all food, health, and safety regulations.

For more information, please fill out and submit this form. If you have any questions, please contact our Food Recovery Coordinator at foodrecovery@berkeley.edu.