Inter-Faith Food Shuttle

At Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, we FEED our neighbors, TEACH self-sufficiency, GROW healthy foods, and CULTIVATE innovative approaches to end hunger. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is a nonpartisan, 501c3 non-profit organization and a member of the Feeding America National Network of Food Banks. As a Feeding America Food Bank, we recover and distribute food to our low-income neighbors, but we know putting food on a plate is not enough. We also provide programs designed to empower people with skills to meet their own food needs through culinary job training, beginner gardening, and cooking healthy on a budget. We feed, teach, and grow to create a hunger-free and healthy community.

The Food Shuttle recovers and distributes over 9 million pounds of food per year, and teaches skills for self-sufficiency including culinary job skills, shopping and cooking healthy on a budget, and how to grow food. All of our programs seek to support low-income families living in food deserts without adequate access to nutritious food and without the income to purchase healthy meals. By partnering with churches and community housing, almost 6,000 people in low-income neighborhoods access free food at Mobile Markets right where they live. Volunteers deliver bags of fresh produce—some grown on our own farm—to 2,000 seniors. Almost 5,000 children receive nutritious meals through BackPack Buddies, School Pantries, and our Spinning Plate food truck. All told, by partnering with 200 agencies, schools and community centers, on average over 60,000 adults and children struggling with hunger receive healthy food every month. Additionally, more than 7,000 individuals participate in our cooking and gardening programs, strengthening their self-sufficiency, increasing their consumption of fresh produce, and becoming more food literate.