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Ending Food Insecurity
Story by M. Leigh Hood, Cincinnati Magazine, November 27, 2023
Growing Together
Story by John Stegeman, The Catholic Telegraph, November 21, 2023
Reds’ food rescue: What happens to all the hot dogs that fans don’t eat?
Story by Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Cincinnati Enquirer, August 31, 2023
Last Mile Food rescue partners with schools to give meals a second chance
Story by Meredith Stutz, WLWT, August 30, 2023
Cincinnati Nonprofit Last Mile Food Rescue Wants Your ‘Expired’ Food
Story by Katie Griffith, CityBeat Magazine, July 13, 2023
How Eileen Budo of Last Mile Food Rescue is Helping to Promote Sustainability & Climate Justice
Story by Monica Sanders, Authority Magazine, June 16, 2023
Reds pitcher helps volunteers donate leftover food from Great American Ball Park
Story by WKRC, May 23, 2023
Last Mile Food Rescue 5 million pounds of “rescued” food
Story by Meredith Stutz, WLWT, April 25, 2023
Last Mile Food Rescue Celebrates 5 million pounds of food being saved
Story by Courtney Wheaton, Local12, April 19, 2023
FC Cincinnati teams up with food rescue to help feed those in need and reduce food waste
Story by WKRC from Local12, March 27, 2023
FC Cincinnati’s Badji rescues stadium food, delivers it to people in need
Story by Jason Maxwell from Fox19, March 13, 2023
Pantries, food rescue groups endorse Food Donation Improvement Act
Story by Michelle Alfini from Spectrum News 1, January 13, 2023
Food Rescue Operation Needs More Volunteers
Story by Candice Hare from Fox19, August 31, 2022
Cincinnati Food Rescue Group Opens Free Market in Avondale
Story by Michelle Alfini from Spectrum News, August 23, 2022
A Live Interview with Julie Shifman, Executive Director of Last Mile Food Rescue
Interview by Brian Thomas on 55KRC, August 15, 2022
Last Mile Market brings fresh, rescued food to families in Avondale
Story by Jenna Cisneros, WKRC Channel 12, August 12, 2022
Bringing fresh local food to Avondale
Story by Kristen Swilley, WCPO Channel 9, August 11, 2022
Local food rescue nonprofit saves 3 million pounds of food
Story by Jenna Cisneros, WKRC Channel 12, August 3, 2022
Last Mile Food Rescue expanding in NKY, in need of more volunteers to pick-up, deliver additional food
Northern Kentucky Tribune features Last Mile’s expansion in Northern Kentucky. July 11, 2022
‘Food rescue’ nonprofit searching for volunteers
LINK NKY shares the news regarding Last Mile’s need for more Northern Kentucky volunteers to support growth. July 8, 2022
Making it the last mile: Cincinnati food rescue reduces food waste, fights food insecurity
The Cincinnati Enquirer features Last Mile’s growth with a front page story about our impact and the Food Rescue Heroes responsible. June 22, 2022
2021 Impact Report
LastMileFood – March 28, 2022
Meet the Cincinnati startup nonprofit rescuing millions of pounds of food amid a pandemic
Cincinnati BizJournals covers Last Mile’s growth in our first year of food rescues
BizJournals – November 29, 2021
Last Mile Food Rescue saving food, giving it to people in need
Follow Food Rescue Hero, Doug Bray, on a rescue and hear from Marketing & Volunteer Manager, Olivia Cook
Fox 19 – November 16, 2021
Interview with Eileen Budo
Hear from our COO Eileen Budo on “Cooking for Yummies” with George Zahn
WMVK – August 27, 2021
Coffee Break with Katherine at the Capital Grille
Join Katherine Nero, Doug Stuckey, and Tom Fernandez on a food rescue from the Capital Grille. Interview starts at 7:22.
Cincinnati Enquirer – August 26, 2021
Last Mile Food Rescue Celebrates One Million Pounds of Rescued Food
Through an army of volunteer drivers, leftover food is rescued and directly take to more than 100 local non-profits.
WLWT – August 24, 2021
Last Mile Food Rescue collects leftovers, donates to local nonprofits
Follow a food rescue from the Great American Ballpark with volunteer Paul Verhagen & Last Mile Dispatcher, Benita
WLWT – June 15, 2021
One Car Load At A Time, Volunteers Make Last Mile’s Mission a Reality
Follow volunteer, Rachel Moore & food rescue dispatcher, Benita Munnerlyn on a food rescue
WVXU – June 2, 2021
Taking Food Rescue That “Last Mile”
How Last Mile got started and where we’re headed. Interviews with our founders Julie Shifman & Tom Fernandez
Movers & Makers – May 2021
App Helps Cincinnati Drivers Tackle Food Insecurity in Cincinnati
Featuring Food Rescue Hero, Dante Gapultos & SEM Pantry
Spectrum News – May 25, 2021
New Food Organization Celebrates 500k Pounds of Food Delivered to the Food Insecure
Last Mile reaches milestone of half a million pounds rescued, interview with Chief Operating Officer, Eileen Budo.
WVXU – May 17, 2021
Cincy Lifestyle Hosts Clyde Gray & Allie Martin Go on a Food Rescue
Follow Allie and Clyde on a Food Rescue from Walgreens Kroger to Brighton Center
Cincy Lifestyle – April 27, 2021
Solving Food Insecurity & Waste with Technology
Podcast interviewing Last Mile COO, Eileen Budo about food rescue & technology
When Pigs Fly – April 27, 2021
Feeding the 2,000
A reflection on a lenten food rescue
Catholic Telegraph – March 23, 2021
Last Mile Food Rescue Reduces Food Insecurity in Greater Cincinnati, One Trunk Load at a Time
‘It’s almost like an Uber for food pickup’
WCPO – March 5, 2021
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If you’re interested in setting up an interview with Last Mile, please contact Julie Shifman at [email protected].