ExtraFood

08/31/2026

08/31/2026

Meet our new Marin ExtraFood Staff Driver, Axel!
Since starting in June, Axel says he’s received nothing but the warmest of welcomes from the Recipients and Donors. His favorite part of the job is the kindness he sees within the ExtraFood community. From Receivers, Recipients, and Volunteers, Axel says “it’s a beautiful community working together, helping each other out, I’m happy to be a part of it!
Axel has been wonderful at learning his Recipients’ food needs, and going the extra mile (literally) to ensure they get relevant donations to their community’s’ food needs. He’s been loving the drive and the scenic routes Marin has to offer. On his off days, Axel enjoys being outdoors hiking, cooking, or riding horses!
Look out for the Purple ExtraFood Truck as Axel picks up Safeways, Whole Foods, Costco, or is delivering some of our Share the Bounty backyard and farm produce and soups from our SOUPer Food Kitchen.

08/27/2026

Today, we’re honoring Dolly for the incredible legacy of generosity and service she built in her community and far beyond. From her philanthropy to her commitment to children, education, and the people who need a helping hand, she showed us what it looks like to use your platform to make a difference.

That spirit feels pretty close to the heart of what we do at ExtraFood.

Every day, people across our community give their time, resources, food, and energy to help someone else.

A grocery store donates food.
A volunteer or our drivers pick it up.
A community organization gets it where it’s needed.
And perfectly good food becomes a meal instead of waste.

Dolly’s example reminds us that small acts of generosity can ripple outward, and that when a community shows up for one another, the impact can be enormous.

We’re grateful for the inspiration, Dolly.

08/26/2026

Two weeks into gleaning at the Alemany Farmers' Market, and we’re already feeling so welcomed!

The vendors have been incredibly generous and genuinely excited to see ExtraFood at the market each week. The Alemany team has also been wonderful to work with; they have been supportive, collaborative, and enthusiastic about making sure beautiful, fresh food finds its way to our community instead of going to waste.

And the produce has been amazing! Along with an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables, we’ve recovered some incredible Asian specialty produce that our recipient partners were especially thrilled to receive. These are foods that can be harder for them to access regularly and that reflect the cultures and cooking traditions of the communities they serve.

We’re so grateful to the vendors, market staff, and volunteers who have made these first few weeks such a success. We can’t wait to see what the rest of the season brings!

08/24/2026

Tickets are officially ON SALE for A Taste of Hope, our annual fundraiser.

And this year, we’re doing things a little differently.

For the first time, A Taste of Hope is becoming a one-of-a-kind culinary experience featuring former Top Chef contestant David Murphy and Kayle Abe of San Francisco’s Shuggie’s, who will create an inventive menu using rescued food from ExtraFood.

Think exceptional food, unexpected flavors, inspiring stories, and exciting auction experiences, all while supporting our work to rescue good food and get it to people who need it.

Early access tickets are $130, after September 18th, $150

Come hungry. Come curious. Come taste what’s possible when good food gets a second chance.

Join us for an unforgettable meal with purpose. Get your tickets: https://secure.givelively.org/event/extrafood/a-taste-of-hope-fundraiser-for-extrafood-2026

08/22/2026

08/21/2026

Thumbs up for Roji for this Mollie Stone's Markets food rescue. Every rescue starts with a simple idea: good food should feed people, not landfills.
This food, plus a lot more, went to the DISH supportive housing complex in San Francisco to help people facing food insecurity. 💜

08/20/2026

Check out this colorful harvest! If you’re new here, hi! This is one of the things we do at ExtraFood: backyard and farm gleaning.

When a backyard tree, garden, or farm has more fresh produce than it can use, our Share the Bounty program volunteers step in to harvest it. Instead of letting that fruit and produce go to waste, we get it into the hands of local people and organizations who can use it.

Fruit on a tree → harvested by volunteers → shared with our community.

It’s a simple idea with a big impact: rescue good food, reduce waste, and share the bounty. 💜

And honestly, there’s nothing better than seeing a harvest go from a backyard to a table instead of the compost bin.

Learn more at ExtraFood.org

08/18/2026

Today is National Nonprofit Day, and we’re celebrating the people who make our work possible. 💜

At ExtraFood, it takes a village to turn surplus food into something that matters.

It’s the food donors who say, “We have extra. Can you use it?” (Us: Always!)

It’s the volunteers who show up, week after week, to make it happen.

It’s the drivers who load the trucks and make the deliveries.

It’s our recipient partners who get good food onto the tables of people who need it.

And it’s the donors and supporters who believe that we can feed more people while wasting less food.

None of this happens alone. And that’s what makes nonprofit work so special.

Today, we’re grateful for everyone who shows up, pitches in, gives what they can, and believes our community can do better.

Thank you for being part of the ExtraFood community.