Pittsburgh chosen to participate in Food Matters initiative to prevent waste
The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that 89,000 tons of food waste are generated in Pittsburgh every year.
03 Sep 2020
412 Food Rescue launches Community Takeout to pair restaurant meals with those in need
Each participating restaurant will receive $18,000 over the course of 10 weeks.
11 May 2020
Pittsburgh doctor creates Double Play to help local restaurants and people facing hunger. You can help.
Physician's Double Play project buys meals from local restaurants then gives them to those in need.
30 Apr 2020
412 Food Rescue wins Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Award for its amazing app
412 Food Rescue just keeps innovating and keeps winning major awards like this one from Fast Company.
28 Apr 2020
With help from Michael Keaton, Pittsburgh nonprofits distribute meals to kids at bus stops
Volunteers distributed 500 free meals at school bus stops to children who don’t have easy access to food from their school districts.
27 Mar 2020
How 412 Food Rescue and Pittsburgh Community Food Bank are dealing with the spike in demand. And how you can help
“We’re playing this hour by hour, minute by minute. It’s the new normal.”
18 Mar 2020
Jen Saffron’s Sprezzatura Café in Millvale serves Italian food made (sustainably) with love
The café is the latest venture from Saffron, who has a successful catering company by the same name.
09 Dec 2019
Miracle pop-up holiday bar is back with two locations this year
The guy behind Pittsburgh’s Miracle pop-up bar is opening two locations for yuletide cheer this year.
12 Nov 2019
To help feed families in Pittsburgh’s food deserts, Lyft launches Grocery Access Program
Lyft says food transportation barriers affect more than 20 million Americans. They want to help.
26 Aug 2019
412 Food Rescue’s UglyCSA is expanding and coming to Downtown
Downtown will soon get its share of ugly vegetables. And that's a good thing.
13 Jun 2019