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Businesses & Institutions: The California Organics and Recycling Law (SB 1383) requires that certain businesses & institutions must recover and donate edible food.
Our Food Recovery Organization Directory lists verified organizations accepting edible food donations in Alameda County. Resources for other counties are available here: Contra Costa County | San Mateo County | Santa Clara County | San Francisco County
Did you know that reducing food waste is one of the leading solutions to climate change? Go to StopFoodWaste.org for Food Saving Tips, Recipes, Resources and Tools.
Find Food Distribution sites: Alameda County Community Food Bank Locator, Contra Costa & Solano County Locator, Palo Alto Locator
To learn how to start your own gleaning program, see the Gleaning Guide at StopFoodWaste.org in partnership Alameda Backyard Grower's Project Pick. Find & contribute to the urban fruit and forage map FallingFruit.org.

Vendors

Vendor	Address	City	Destination	Disposal Method	Notes
OLIO app - The Food Sharing Revolution		West Hollywood	Reuse	Free Pick-up	Volunteer to pick up perishable food locally to use or redistribute
Daily Bowl	525 H St	Union City	Reuse	Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up	Types of Food Accepted: Fresh produce; Shelf-stable/Non-perishable foods; Fresh/ Frozen grocery requiring refrigeration or freezing; Baked goods; Meat; Milk & dairy; Cold prepared foods; Hot prepared foods; Bulk foods
FreeCycle	The Freecycle Network PO Box 294	Tuscon	Reuse	Free Pick-up	Moving? Going out of town? Not to your taste? Offer fresh and pantry items to neighbors.
The Salvation Army	1161 S Bernardo Ave	Sunnyvale	Reuse	Free Drop-off
Extra Food - Marin County	PO Box 150394	San Rafael	Reuse	Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up
Food Recovery Program (San Lorenzo Family Help Center)	20960 Corsair Blvd	San Lorenzo	Reuse	Free Drop-off	High-demand non-perishable items wanted: canned vegetables, soup, chili, shelf-stable Asian foods, boxed whole-grain cereals. Holiday season: canned pumpkin, boxed dressing/stuffing, small turkeys. Grocery Store partners accepted. Volunteers needed: from answering phones, registering clients in multiple languages, sorting & bagging, picking up donation from a farmer's market, & delivering food to homebound clients.
San Leandro Community Food Pantry	14235 Bancroft Ave	San Leandro	Reuse	Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up	Types of Food Accepted: Fresh produce; Shelf-stable/Non-perishable foods; Fresh/Frozen grocery requiring refrigeration; Baked goods; Meat; Milk & dairy; This Food Recovery Organization is willing to collect from food donors in: San Leandro, San Lorenzo
Food Pantry at the Neighborhood Center (All Saints Episcopal Church)	911 Dowling Blvd	San Leandro	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Offers a Food Pantry with distribution 1x/mo, Bag Lunch program through April Showers Program monthy, and Dinners at the San Leandro Warming Center (winter). Email about food donations needed/accepted.
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley	750 Curtner Ave	San Jose		Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up	Non-perishable foods, Grocery Rescue and Large-Scale Food Donations from Businesses
Village Harvest	P.O. Box 9231	San Jose	Reuse	Free Drop-off	This organization accepts fruit only. For drop-off locations, visit http://www.villageharvest.org/dropoff.
St. Anthony's Foundation (150 Golden Gate)	150 Golden Gate Ave	San Francisco	Reuse	Free Drop-off	If you have large deliveries of bulk food items call ahead!
Peninsula Food Runners	PO Box 460612	San Francisco	Reuse	Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up	Picks up excess food for free from restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias, and hotels. If you have excess food from home or a small private event, you can deliver to one of their local shelters.
LiquiDonate	149 New Montgomery St Floor 4	San Francisco	Reuse	Free Drop-off, Mail-in for a Fee	Non-perishable only. Commercial quantity. LiquiDonate matches and moves reclaimable items (ex. returns, liquidation, branded items, inventory, apparel, office/warehouse supplies, nonperishable food) from businesses to nonprofits, including arranging pickup or delivery. Free delivery for non-profits, business pays for delivery.
Chow Match App	PO Box 460612	San Francisco	Reuse	Free Mail-in	Fresh produce; Shelf-stable/Non-perishable foods; Fresh/ Frozen grocery requiring refrigeration or freezing; Baked goods; Meat; Milk & dairy; Cold prepared foods; Hot prepared foods; Bulk foods. Operating in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.
EPA Region 9 Pacific Southwest	75 Hawthorne Street	San Francisco	Reuse	Free Mail-in	Information List. Bay Area organizations that transport and accept food donations to feed hungry people, animals, and make compost and/or biogas. www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/links-and-resources-about-food-recovery-san-francisco-bay-area
Food Runners	2579 Washington St	San Francisco	Reuse	Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up	Residential and Commercial. See note.
Sotira	44 Montgomery St	San Francisco	Reuse	Buyback Mail-in	At Sotira, we connect suppliers - retailers to manufacturers to distributors to retailers to brands - to buyers in the secondary market. Their software/platform helps large food suppliers track and right-size their ordering to reduce surplus, offload and monetize their surplus inventory, recouping up to 50% of the product cost. In some cases, when inventory cannot be sold to secondary buyers, the product is donated to food banks and/or food recovery orgs. Sotira has a Partner Program for food, health and wellness, and beauty space looking to accept donations for redistribution.
The Salvation Army Social Service	660 Veterans Blvd	Redwood City	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Non-Perishable
St Francis Center	151 Buckingham Avenue	Redwood City	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Non-perishable food
Hively (Pleasanton)	Tri-Valley Resource Center 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 150	Pleasanton	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Non-expired food. Un-opened Baby formula and coupons for formula. Non-perishable food.