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Where to find affordable fresh food in LA

August 28, 2025

Food Forward at City Council 9/19/25

September 19, 2025

A Food Forward Semi Truck

California’s Food Forward Nears 500 Million Pounds of Recovered Produce

A pile a avocados.

Grist: Counter Tariffs won’t just hit your wallet. They could also increase food waste.

L-R: David Lake, Stevie Shandler

Fresh Plaza: Food Forward strengthens leadership team

GoalChat:Sustainability with Noah Bleich, Ruth Kennison & Rick Nahmias

SFGate: In LA's wealthiest ZIP code, a historic orange grove beneath giant mansions

CBS: Food Forward and Los Angeles Rams “LA Strong” distribution

January 22, 2025

Rick Nahmias Food Forward, Sharing Abundance and Stuffed Cabbage

Jewish Journal: Jewish Journal Tastebuds with Deb: Food Forward, Sharing Abundance

February 5, 2025

Minh H Phan's photo and text reading Los Angeles Times This Michelin-starred chef wants to feed people. So she closed her restaurants

LA Times

October 10, 2024

Photo of citrus on a tree with text reading The Californians Rescuing Surplus Produce to Fight Hunger By: Michaela Haas October 1, 2024

Reasons to be Cheerful

October 1, 2024

Photo of someone harvesting oranges and text reading Moving Food Forward: Nonprofit Provides a “Glean” Bill of Health for People Who are Food Insecure Brenda Rees July 11, 2024

Edible San Fernando Valley

Screenshot from Food Forward's feature on Telemundo

Telemundo

Samantha on ABC 7 news

ABC 7

Screenshot of LA Times article with headline "When is it ok to pick fruit from someone else's tree?"

LA Times

LA times headline Where does L.A.’s leftover produce go? This group helps get tons to the hungry every day with photo of Jorge in front of the Share The Abundance mural

LA Times

screenshot from CBS news featuring text reading Fighting Food Insecurity and Jorge on a pallet jack

CBS News

Food Forward semi truck

Fleet Owner

Volvo truck with Food Forward wrap on it

Volvo Trucks

Cal Poly students at the Pit Stop

Cal Poly's Cultivate Magazine

Image reading Food Forward Live Well Episode 75 Rick Nahmias

UCLA LiveWell Podcast

California & Me

January 7, 2024

Kristen being interviewed at IFPA

Interview at IFPA 2023

October 19, 2023

Photo of citrus and text reading How this disease could wipe out citrus...unless we stop it

PBS Terra

September 20, 2023

Photo of Rick and text reading: Chezuba Talks, From surplus to solution: tackling food shortages with fresh produce

Chezuba Talks Podcast

Looking for Family-Friendly Volunteer Opportunities in Los Angeles? Check Out These Outdoor Options.

LAist

Photo of warehouse full of produce with forklift and text reading Farm Talk with Paul Ward Today's Guest Andrea Howry Food Forward

Farm Talk with Paul Ward

Text reading MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Food Forward fights hunger, prevents food waste

Los Angeles Wave

Photo of Loquat tree and text reading Our Neighborhood Fruit Trees: How to Share The Bounty

The Palisadian-Post

Photo of box of fruits and vegetables with text reading Oppy and Food Forward team up to cut down on food waste

The Packer

Image of man holding box of Food Forward produce with text reading "Oppy and Food Forward combine zero waste efforts"

The Produce News

Share The Abundance™ mural at the Pit Stop - mural with colorful images of people growing and distributing produce

LA Weekly

Person with headphones and microphone at soundboard

Ventura Vibe! KPPQ-LP Ventura

AndNowUKnow

Image of crops and text reading S5 – Ep#1 – Food recovery at scale: Rick Nahmias on the birth and growth of Food Forward

FLIPPING THE TABLE

January 18, 2023

Michael Reid Dimock

GARDENERD TIP OF THE WEEK PODCAST

December 15, 2022

Text reading Heartland Stories Radio Rick Nahmias and Food Forward: Preventing Waste and FIghting Hunger with Fresh Produce over image of parent and child in garden

HEARTLAND STORIES RADIO

December 13, 2022

Text reading "Wasted food, hungry Americans – is donating surplus produce a solution?" and illustration of people growing and distributing food

THE GUARDIAN

November 17, 2022

Image of trucks loading at Pit Stop and text reading "Supporting local communities"

ANDNOWUKNOW

October 26, 2022

THE PRODUCE MOMS

October 12, 2022

ANDNOWUKNOW

TLC TODD-VERSATION

October 6, 2022

ANDNOWUKNOW

September 15, 2022

Newscaster presenting in front of screen showing photo of tomatoes

TELEMUNDO 52

September 13, 2022

Photo of Felipe in cowboy hat loading pallet onto truck and text reading "This Group Has Rerouted 250 Million Pounds of Food From Landfills to Feed People in Need The LA-based nonprofit Food Forward is using the lessons it learned during the pandemic to expand food assistance into other cities, regions, and communities."

CIVIL EATS

August 17, 2022

Image of mother and child cooking and text reading

SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW

August 16, 2022

Text reading The Paths Forward Food Forward: An Organization Where Every Voice Matters with logos for Food Forward and The Business of Giving

THE BUSINESS OF GIVING

Ceci putting oranges in Food Forward box

SPECTRUM NEWS 1

Rick Nahmias with fruit picker and Diana Lara with canned food

FOOD EQUITY ROUNDTABLE Q&A

Podcast title card with photos of Rich Nahmias and Denver Frederick

THE BUSINESS OF GIVING

LA WEEKLY

Person pulling palette of mangoes

SPECTRUM NEWS 1

Magazine page with photo of produce boxes

EDIBLE LA

Screenshot of news page with video showing wholesale recovery

FOX 11

December 10, 2021

Leo with boxes of produce

LADailyNews_press

October 21, 2021

Volunteers and vendors at Farmers Market

BIONEERS

August 31, 2021

NBC4

August 21, 2021

Hands holding avocados with caption LA Fruit SHare offers a healthy, community-based trick-or-treat

SPECTRUM NEWS 1

BEVERLY PRESS

February 10, 2021

Screenshot of newscasters and Food Forward's CEO on video call.

ABC7

PBS Newscaster and "Waste Not, Want Not" graphic

PBS NEWSHOUR

November 19, 2019

KCRW’S GOOD FOOD

December 20, 2019

Screenshot of news story with headline and photo of man handling potatoes

CIVIL EATS

A man steps out of the Produce Pit Stop

LA DAILY NEWS

Food Forward's CEO stands with a fruit picker and lemons.

EATING WELL

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HUFFINGTON POST

November 27, 2018

Screenshot of news headline with cover photo of people in line to receive free produce

KCLU

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UPWORTHY

Screenshot of news site with headline and cover image of woman smiling and picking citrus from a tree

LA MAGAZINE

February 28, 2018

People receive produce at a free distribution

GREAT BIG STORY

December 19, 2017

News story with headline and photo of woman using fruit picker to harvest an orange

LA TIMES

News story with headline and cover photo of volunteers

CIVIL EATS

September 26, 2016

Newscaster stands in front of a screen showing scenes from a harvest

CCTV AMERICA

LA TIMES

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NBC LIFE CONNECTED