Dc food rescue
Fighting food waste through every-day acts of serviceOur flagship program bridges the gap between businesses that have more food than they need, and locals who could use more fresh meals.
Through a simple model of identifying opportunities for food donation, matching the food to one of our Community Partners, and coordinating volunteers to make the delivery, we stop good food from becoming waste and support neighbors experiencing food insecurity in one fell swoop.
Since 2016, DC Food Rescue has redistributed over 16 million pounds of food across the DMV area by working with restaurants, grocery stores, dining services, schools, homeless shelters, food pantries, and hundreds of other partners. Our team coordinates donations and posts the opportunities in the Food Rescue US app, where our volunteers can directly browse and sign up to make the delivery.
By leveraging technology and our vast community of volunteers and partners, we’re nourishing the DMV, one rescue at a time.
Check out our “Get Involved” pages to learn how you can volunteer as a food rescuer, share your surplus as a Food Donor, or receive food to your organization as a Community Partner.
Good Neighbors Market
Directly sharing resources & connecting communitiesGood Neighbors Markets are pop-up grocery distributions
co-hosted by ENUF and rotating Community Partners to serve under-resourced households. This initiative directs more fresh food to neighborhoods with high documented incidence of food insecurity, often resulting from food apartheid.
Using primarily rescued food from local retailers, wholesalers, and bakeries, the Good Neighbors Market brings dignified, practical food support directly to the people that need it. We work with Partners who are embedded in these communities to create a trusted, welcoming environment for our guests.
The Good Neighbors Market was launched in 2025 with support from the Rotary Foundation of Washington DC as a twelve-month project focused on the District’s Wards 7 and 8. Following the grant period, we hosted a series of markets in Fairfax, VA, with support from the Young Men’s Service League of Hunter Mill. We continue to seek partnerships to help us bring the Good Neighbors Market to more areas of our region and provide the infrastructure to create a dignified experience for our guests.