Food Link is the bridge between retailers, distributors, and farms that have surplus food and community organizations seeking nutritious food for people in need.

Over 300 volunteers work alongside our staff to rescue food and bring it to partner organizations in the area.

Recovered food has to be effectively and rapidly linked with the people who can use it.

Food Link strives to provide fresh nutritious food to 108 recipient agencies that serve people experiencing food insecurity. Programs distributing our food include food pantries, schools, afterschool programs, senior centers, low-income housing facilities, communities of worship, veterans centers, and programs for refugees, among others. We work with each community partner to provide customized deliveries in a manner that respects cultural and dietary preferences.

Glasir is a community-based system for urban farming. By combining the flexibility of modularity with the efficiency of aeroponic growth systems, the project offers self-regulating, vertical farming structures that can provide neighborhoods with affordable, local produce year-around.

Crop Swap LA is a nonprofit organization empowers communities to grow their own food using underutilized neighborhood spaces, creating sustainable jobs and local, nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables for those most affected by food insecurity.

Community fridges are a form of mutual aid that address food insecurity in the community. Community fridges offer free food resources donated by neighbor volunteers available 24/7 and free from the usual constraints of a food bank in terms of staffing and space.

Community fridges can also help alleviate food waste, since household and local foo overflow can be reallocated to those in need without external coordination.

Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed Urban Farming Office, its own head office in Ho Chi Minh City, creating a concrete-framed building covered in a "vertical farm" of vegetables, fruits and herbs.

The building is designed to tackle a host of issues: providing hyper-local food, connecting urban residents with nature, and preventing overheating with plant shading.

Built in a former post office, the Nourish Hub is operated by the charity UKHarvest, who aim to protect the environment by rescuing good food destined for landfill and serving the community with education on nutrition, cookery skills and fighting food waste in the home.

People can exchange a family or community recipe for a free meal.

Notpla has designed a biodegradable and edible packaging, make from seaweed and plants, to replace plastic food packaging.

The resulting "pods" contain single servings of liquids or foods, with the surrounding film biodegrading naturally over a span of weeks.