Food Recovery Network
Celebrating a Milestone

Food Recovery Network’s Board of Directors is excited to announce a momentous occasion within our organization: the 10-year anniversary of Regina Harmon's transformative leadership at Food Rescue Network (FRN). As we celebrate this milestone, we also recognize Regina’s promotion and title change to Chief Executive Officer, a testament to her unwavering commitment and the remarkable growth of our organization under her guidance, tripling our budget in just 10 years.

Celebrating a Milestone
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Food Recovery Network Achieves Highest Ratings ...

“Achieving the Candid Platinum Seal reflects our dedication to transparency and strengthens the trust of our donors and partners. Our Four-Star rating from Charity Navigator further validates our operational excellence,” said Regina Harmon, Executive Director of Food Recovery Network. “We hope these recognitions will introduce our work to new supporters who can help us feed more people faster.”

Food Recovery Network Achieves Highest Ratings from Charity Navigator and Candid
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Join the movement to end food waste: a ...

The movement to end food waste presents an opportunity for us to come together, reflect on our processes and habits, and explore how we can prevent waste while actively contributing to food recovery initiatives

Join the movement to end food waste: a heartfelt call
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Food Recovery Initiative Delivers Over 58,000 ...

Central Lakes College has made notable strides in local food security initiatives, distributing over 58,000 pounds of surplus food this school year. This August, Central Lakes Community College was one of five community colleges that were awarded FRN grants as part of the organization's inaugural cohort of Community College chapters.

Food Recovery Initiative Delivers Over 58,000 Pounds of Nourishment to Greater Brainerd, MN Community in Under One Year
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Food Recovery Network Makes Significant Strides ...
Food Recovery Network Makes Significant Strides in Washington D.C. to Combat Food Waste and Hunger

Top 11 of the YEAR

Our Program Year (FY25) ended just 6 weeks ago. It was a fun-filled year of progress and impact, and we have you to thank for it! We’ve compiled some of our favorite highlights from the past year.

Central Lakes College in Brainerd MN, was part of our first cohort of Community Colleges. They recovered an impressive 183,000 pounds last year!

This year’s Bowl to Bracket BONUS Square winner, St. Louis University (SLU), completed 20+ recoveries during the event, amounting to 30,000 lbs. of surplus food saved from landfills.

Coincidentally - SLU also had the MOST VOLUNTEERS of any chapter with over 350 participants!

Check out that FRN spirit!!  Thanks to University of Mary Washington for submitting this winning gem during our Annual Fall Photo Contest.

FRN hosts pop-up farmers markets at Title 1 Elementary Schools across Baltimore, MD, and St. Paul, MN, to provide surplus produce, purchased from local farmers and distributors, for free to feed children and families. And we think the photos are fantastic.  

This is Kimmy from our team, handing out fresh peppers and tomatoes in Baltimore last Fall!  

Thanks to St. Olaf University, Macalester University, and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities FRN chapter members for helping make our produce markets in Ramsey & Washington Counties such a success.

We are thrilled to announce that we hosted more produce markets than in any previous year, 52, clocking in at an average of one produce market per week.  

Food Recovery Verified (FRV) Successes

We are excited to highlight some special achievements from our Food Recovery Verified (FRV) program, which mobilizes our national network to recover surplus food from businesses and events across the U.S.

9 students from University of Maryland, College Park helped recover 290 lbs. of food from the stadium on their campus last fall during a Big 10 football game

We collected an impressive 12,348 pounds of food from the combined Super Bowl tailgate parties in February. It was a SUPER recovery benefitting the New Orleans community!

Seattle University reported nearly 70,000 pounds of food donated for FY25. Outstanding!

And wrapping up our TOP 11 is one of our favorite community fridges. From Georgia Tech:

“After one of our shifts, we donated our packaged meals to a community fridge on campus called Klemis Kitchen. Klemis Kitchen is a 24/7 community fridge that provides free meals to students and community members.”

Check out how full that fridge is!!  

Be sure to keep in touch. Over the coming months, we will be sending an invitation to our Annual Roundtable and releasing our Annual Report.  Mark FRN email communications as important so you won’t miss future announcements.

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Celebrating a Milestone

Celebrating a Milestone

Food Recovery Network’s Board of Directors is excited to announce a momentous occasion within our organization: the 10-year anniversary of Regina Harmon's transformative leadership at Food Rescue Network (FRN). As we celebrate this milestone, we also recognize Regina’s promotion and title change to Chief Executive Officer, a testament to her unwavering commitment and the remarkable growth of our organization under her guidance, tripling our budget in just 10 years.