DFR is the only bicycle & primarily volunteer powered and resident led direct distribution food rescue program in Denver! Direct distribution (from food donor to food recipient) ensure that highly perishable fresh foods make it to our community partners quickly. This model not only gets the freshest & most healthful of foods to neighborhoods that experience barriers to fresh produce but also reduces food waste saving more good food from the landfill. Other models of food rescue typically transport donations to a warehouse and then send it back out to recipients and pantries. While this method is good for shelf stable products, the additional transportation step may come between fresh healthy foods and a family’s home.

 

You can learn more about our organizational values here

If you are interested in donating food through our programs or have questions please contact our operations director:

(720) 675-7337 or email amy@drewg10.sg-host.com

 

DFR Food Rescue: DFR currently partners with over 50 retailers such as grocery stores, wholesale distributors, and farmers markets?to provide regular food rescue services focused on fresh edible produce and highly perishable items that would otherwise end up in landfills. Typically these donations go to support our weekly No Cost Grocery Programs around the city.

 

 

Fresh Food Connect: In 2015 DFR partnered with Groundwork Denver and Denver Urban Gardens to create a web-app that brings local produce to our No Cost Grocery Programs and provides jobs to youth. If you are a home or community gardener in 80207, 80205, 80220, 80210, 80212, 80221, 80211 DFR or Groundwork Denver will come right to your doorstep to pick up your garden grown produce and share it with community based organizations addressing food access in their neighborhoods! Learn more or sign up.