40% of Food Is Wasted, Yet 1 in 5 People in Our Community Faces Food Insecurity
From Throw Away to a Better Way
Addressing a big problem like food insecurity might seem overwhelming. That’s why Last Mile Food Rescue built a logistics system to move food that would otherwise be thrown away to our neighbors in need.
We connect the dots between sources of good food and agencies that distribute it
The Smart Solution to a Persistent Problem
Last Mile Food Rescue takes a volunteer- and technology-driven approach to rescuing fresh, desirable food in Greater Cincinnati. Our volunteers deliver food donated by donors like grocery stores, restaurants, event venues, and corporate cafeterias to the agencies battling food insecurity in our community.
Diverting food from landfills just makes sense.
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Technology-Driven
Volunteers use an Uber-style app to pick up and deliver food
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Reliable
Efficient pickups from donors and an established network of agencies means fresh food gets to people who need it fast
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Impactful
Donated food plus volunteer time equals bigger return on investment
The Power to Help: Right in Your Pocket
We believe volunteering should be fun, convenient and rewarding. With our Last Mile Food Rescue app, volunteers can “claim” rescues to pick up and deliver food when it works for their schedule.
- Easy installation through Apple or Google Play
- Live support from Last Mile’s dispatchers
- Route tracking and important details provided
Ready to use your wheels to deliver meals?
Help End Hunger and Wasted Food
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1. Discover our unique mission
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2. Take action, volunteer or give
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3. Know you’ve helped fight wasted food and hunger
FAQs
Last Mile Food Rescue was founded to solve food insecurity by moving surplus food to the people who need it most.
Volunteers use their own cars to transport this food from Food Donors to nonprofit partners through our innovative mobile app.
We waste up to 40 percent of our food while one in five people struggles with food insecurity. If we rescued just 25% of the food wasted in Greater Cincinnati, we would solve food insecurity.
Last Mile works with grocery stores, restaurants, wholesalers, etc. to rescue their surplus food and deliver it directly to nonprofit food banks, pantries, etc., where the food is provided to our neighbors food insecurity.
There are multiple ways to volunteer with Last Mile Food Rescue! Check out how to volunteer. Have more questions? Email us at info@lastmilefood.org.
Last Mile Food Rescue complements food banks, pantries, and other hunger relief organizations by delivering surplus food for free. By picking up and delivering within 90 minutes, we can ensure this food can be used quickly.
Prior to being placed, food donations are vetted through a personal contact at the receiving organization. This helps ensure that we are not only delivering food that people want, but also in a realistic quantity that can be served quickly.
YES! We provide the reporting companies need to claim tax incentives including the full benefits provided by the PATH Act.