Good food belongs on tables, not in landfills.
Every day, Kentucky Harvest picks up good food that stores or restaurants can’t sell—including fresh produce, baked goods, dairy—and delivers it directly to local nonprofits. In just a few hours, what could’ve become waste becomes dinner for families who might go without.
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1. Register for food rescue notifications.
Join the fastest growing and largest community of volunteers, download our app and turn on notifications to get an alert when a food rescue is available to claim.
2. Find a food rescue nearby.
Claim a rescue route that works for your schedule, available daily and weekly – in as little as 30 minutes you’ll pick up and deliver fresh, nutritious food.
3. Feed people, not landfills.
One food rescue at a time delivers fresh food to nonprofits who serve our neighbors experiencing food insecurity, and makes a huge impact on our community.
Food Rescue Isn’t Just Philanthropy — It’s a Practical Solution
Food Rescue Isn’t Just Philanthropy — It’s a Practical Solution In the food service world, excess isn’t a failure; it’s a reality. Restaurants, grocery stores, caterers, bakeries and convenience stores Louisville and Southern Indiana operate on choice. Customers expect
Kentucky Harvest Seeks a Food Rescue Operations Associate
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED — Kentucky Harvest is excited to announce that we’re growing our team! We’re looking for a dedicated, hands-on Food Rescue Operations Associate
Kentucky Harvest Seeks Director of Development and Digital Engagement
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED — Kentucky Harvest is excited to announce that we’re growing our team! We’re currently looking for a passionate, strategic, and digitally savvy
Kentucky Harvest
Our Community
Community is the heart of our mission and Kentucky Harvest brings an intention to serve everyone in our community: the hungry, the nonprofits that feed them, our food partners, our corporate partners, and our financial donors.
What We Do
Our volunteers save local nonprofit organizations over $4 million in food costs each year that they can use to strengthen their community programs like homelessness, outreach, reunification of families, addiction recovery, programs for at-risk youth, and more.
How We Serve
Food Waste In Kentuckiana
A Louisville Solid Waste Management study showed that nearly 29 percent of solid waste in Jefferson County is food. Kentucky Harvest believes that is unacceptable!
Each year, our volunteers rescue and deliver over 2 million pounds of food across our area including Jefferson, Oldham and Shelby counties in Kentucky, and Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana.
Our volunteers deliver food to 60+ recipient organizations each year including homeless shelters, addiction recovery centers, children’s centers, schools, food pantries, churches and more.
Each year, Harvest saves these organizations that we serve over $4 million that they can use to strengthen their programs which makes our community stronger. Last year, our volunteers rescued enough food to serve over 2 million meals to food insecure people across Kentuckiana!
Food Waste In Kentuckiana
A recent Louisville Solid Waste Management study showed that nearly 29 percent of solid waste in Jefferson County is food. We believe that is unacceptable!
Each year, we rescue and deliver over 2 million pounds of food across our area including Jefferson, Oldham and Shelby counties in Kentucky, and Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana.
We deliver food to 80+ recipient organizations each year including homeless shelters, addiction recovery centers, children’s centers, schools, food pantries, churches and more.
Each year, we save the organizations that we serve over $3.4 million that they can use to strengthen their programs which makes our community stronger. Last year, we rescued enough food to serve 2.7 million meals to food insecure people across Kentuckiana!
Our Partners
