ExtraFood's mission is to end hunger and wasted food in the Bay Area, California. 

We recover excess fresh food from businesses, schools, and gardens and immediately deliver it to people facing food insecurity.

How You Can Help

Why would we ever waste good food when there are so many people that need it?

You can help us feed more vulnerable people with healthy fresh food and prevent perfectly good food from going to waste.

Donate Today

Our Food Recovery Programs

The Problems

35% of all food is
wasted

Wasted food
is a main cause of the
climate crisis

1 in 5 people in Marin and 1 in 4 people in San Francisco are food-insecure

The Solution: Food Recovery

We fill the gap between those who have food and those who need it.

ExtraFood rescues excess fresh food from any Bay Area businessschool, or garden and immediately delivers it to nonprofit partners serving vulnerable people.


Our staff finds food donations that match our partners' needs, such as prepared foods, produce, dairy, eggs, meat, bread, packaged goods, and baked goods.

Our volunteers and staff drivers pick up and deliver the food — 365 days a year

How Does It Work?

Our Impact

0

POUNDS OF FOOD RESCUED AND DELIVERED IN THE BAY AREA

0

POUNDS OF METHANE PREVENTED FROM WARMING THE PLANET

0

HOURS DONATED BY VOLUNTEERS

0

PEOPLE SERVED AT 406 NONPROFIT RECIPIENT PARTNER SITES

Join The ExtraFood Community

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Latest News

Marin Magazine Best of the County 2025

July 23, 2025

Honored to be one of the Best Food Insecurity Nonprofits in Marin...

Read More

Why Waste Food When We Can Share It?

July 10, 2025

Halfway Through 2025: Fighting Hunger and the Climate Crisis, Together...

Read More

Share the Bounty in Edible Marin Magazine

June 22, 2025

Donate your backyard produce!...

Read More

Thank You To Our Supporting Partners:

Support ExtraFood With Confidence

"I (Susan) come from a family of 8 kids. We never had leftovers or even seconds, but we had enough. We grew up knowing that wasting food was just wrong. To know that there are people in my community who suffer from hunger hurts my heart. ExtraFood’s mission of collecting perfectly good excess food and redirecting it to folks with food insecurity just aligns with my values. Plus, it is ecologically sound. My Italian grandmother would be proud of me for supporting this organization."

~ Susan and Dennis Gilardi

ExtraFood Financial Supporters