Haven's Harvest

About Haven's Harvest

Our mission is to build community and reduce food waste, one food rescue at a time. We focus on the environmental impact that excess food has when thrown into the waste stream—when in a landfill or incinerator, food emits methane which is 28 times more toxic than carbon dioxide. We keep good, edible food out of the waste stream by using a volunteer driven, hyper-local, direct delivery model. Most food producers and food businesses want to donate their excess food. The two obstacles are lack of transportation and lack of a community partner to accept the food when it is available. That is where Haven’s Harvest comes in! Because we focus on perishable or prepared foods that only have a few days left to be eaten, it is very important that we match the food donated by a partner site to a receiving site that can use the food for their community. We create and sustain good relationships—with our food donors, receiving partners and our volunteers. As we have grown our work in the Greater New Haven area, we have found a full spectrum of receiving partners: faith communities, daycare centers, subsidized housing, methadone clinics, health care clinics, schools, food pantries, sober homes, libraries, mutual aid sites, re-entry programs, and other non-profits. These partners share the same value that good food shouldn’t go to waste—as they see the food that we share with them as a value-add to the services they provide. We have fed these communities with over 1.5 million lbs of food in 2023, meaning that over 800,000 lbs of CO2 emissions were prevented.

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