We fight hunger & food insecurity

We deliver 144,000 pounds of surplus food per day to local charities five days a week, providing families in need with fresh and nutritious food free of charge.

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With your support, we can relieve hunger in Metro Detroit and prevent nutritious food waste.

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Partners & Agencies

Food donors and agency distributors are essential in helping us feed hungry communities.

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News & Events

Food Banks Are Serving More People Again as Inflation Squeezes Budgets

Alyssa Schlink2022-05-03T11:29:29-04:00May 3rd, 2022|

Food banks are straining to meet growing demand caused by rising food prices, which are pinching budgets for households and the organizations themselves. Forgotten Harvest, which serves the metro Detroit area, said demand increased [...]

Inflation hits home: Metro Detroit food banks see increased demand as food prices rise

Alyssa Schlink2022-05-02T14:34:52-04:00May 2nd, 2022|

Every Wednesday at Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit, you’ll find volunteers with Forgotten Harvest busy packing grocery carts full of food. In recent weeks, the line to receive that food has only [...]

Forgotten Harvest increases its hunger-fighting efforts for metro Detroit families

Alyssa Schlink2022-03-03T13:54:54-05:00March 3rd, 2022|

Forgotten Harvest, serving Southeast Michigan, is one of the nation’s premier food rescue organizations. It was created over 30 years ago by an incredible woman named Dr. Nancy Fishman, to rescue healthy, nutritious food [...]