Potluck Food Rescue

05/30/2026

The new West LR Farmers Market at the old Breckenridge Shopping Center has quickly become something special.

It is a central gathering point for Little Rock, connecting downtown neighbors, West Little Rock shoppers, local farmers, and familiar faces from across the city. And among those familiar faces are some of the very best: the Healthy Flavors Arkansas crew.

After the market, Healthy Flavors Arkansas donates beautiful, nutrient-dense produce to Potluck Food Rescue. From there, we help make sure families who may not be able to travel to the market still get to experience fresh, locally grown food.

We always prefer to see farmers make their sales. Farmers deserve to be paid for the food they grow, the labor they give, and the risk they carry. But when surplus remains, Potluck Food Rescue is honored to help as a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, keeping good local food feeding people instead of landfills. Shout out to The Cabot Patch and Barnhill Orchards for their donations, turning excess into access!

This is why Food Rescue touches every aspect of the food system. Where food is grown, sold, rescued, transported, tracked, and delivered to families. And when food can no longer feed people, we still recognize its value through regenerative pathways that move it back into the cycle. That is why we call it surplus or excess, not waste. Food has value at every stage of the Full Circle Nourishment cycle.

In Arkansas, we still have the opportunity to know our farmers, know where our food comes from, and build a more circular local food economy. When we buy local, we invest in farmers, families, schools, small businesses, and communities.

Thank your farmers. Buy local when you can. And when surplus remains, Potluck Food Rescue will keep doing what we do best: making sure good food feeds people, not landfills.

Thank you, Healthy Flavors Arkansas, for helping us turn local abundance into community nourishment.

05/24/2026

Did you know that our friends at Allsopp & Chapple Restaurant + Bar are active donors to Potluck Food Rescue. A good chef can use everything in the kitchen and they actively create and recreate in order to do so. That is waste reduction. The mind of a chef and utilizing everything. No waste, everything has value. Allsopp and Chapple donate through other avenues, line wine dinners where Potluck is the recipient of unrestricted funds. That keeps us operating! Thanks you, friends!

🤯 🧑‍🍳Don’t miss this special!! 2 bone-in Elk Chops, garlic risotto, and sautéed brocolinni…. What more could you ask for? Come try it before it’s gone!

05/24/2026

Potluck Food Rescue pushed out approximately 7,152 pounds of food yesterday directly into communities across Central Arkansas, with the majority distributed through the No Cost Market Initiative.

With the help of our Recipient Partner nonprofits and volunteers, three impromptu No Cost Markets were activated. Dunbar Historic Neighborhood Association and Sacred Groves, thank you all!

This time of year, we see a major influx of highly perishable foods, especially fresh produce. Stores overload. Pantries close for holidays. Farmers face overproduction realities. Potluck takes up the slack.

Yesterday, movement had to happen. That is why the No Cost Market Initiative works.

It is rapid, community-centered food distribution designed specifically for highly perishable foods like produce and bakery items unsold from grocery stores. Potluck ensures it does not end up in a dumpster. Most markets operate in under an hour because food safety and rapid movement to community need are the priority.

This is a choice market. When people choose the produce, they eat it because they are familiar with it. Food is culture. We know that and respect that. That is dignified access.

When grant funding is available, Potluck Food Rescue can purchase additional foods for the initiative while helping offset the operational costs required to safely transport, store, and deliver food into communities. Whenever possible, we purchase locally, supporting local farmers while feeding local communities healthier, more nutrient-dense foods.

Arkansas ranks #1 in food insecurity while enormous amounts of food are discarded every single day. Food deserts exist in every county. That contradiction is the Arkansas Hunger & Waste Paradox.

The food exists. The challenge is building connective infrastructure capable of moving it safely, rapidly, and intentionally from surplus to immediate need.

That is what Potluck Food Rescue has been building and refining. We are proof of concept. It takes all of us. Everyone has a part to play. This is shared responsibility.

An entire day can be the difference between food in bellies or food in the landfill.

05/24/2026

Right on K-Hall ❤️

05/20/2026

We know. We live it every day. And I do mean every day of the week. We have been adapting since inception in 1989. We have been evolving the use of our Potluck Food Rescue App powered by Food Rescue Hero since late 2024. We do a lot with very little. This is shared responsibility. We adapt to need in real time. We are a constant in the now.

Our infrastructure is effective because it is built on connection, coordination, and movement. We connect surplus to immediate need rapidly, intentionally, and across communities.

The Potluck FOOD Group Model with our Full Circle Nourishment Framework is already happening. It has been happening. That is the effectiveness of operating as a decentralized system.

Sure, we have a warehouse. That warehouse exists for rapid quality assessment, coordination, and movement. The food moves quickly because the goal is not storage. The goal is connection. Most food does not stay longer than a matter of hours before moving back out into community through partner agencies and distribution networks.

What has evolved from this work is a living ecosystem of connective infrastructure, with the Potluck Food Rescue App serving as the literal connective tissue between surplus, need, logistics, volunteers, partner agencies, growers, and community.

Like mycorrhizal networks beneath a forest floor, the strength comes from connection, communication, and resource sharing across the entire ecosystem.

Like a watershed, every local action flows outward, strengthening and nourishing the larger system downstream.

Potluck Food Rescue is not theory. We are proof of concept. And we are just getting started. More to come.

- Chris Wyman

05/19/2026

Check it

☀️ Summer EBT is BACK! ☀️

LRSDEats is excited to help spread the word about Summer EBT (SUN Bucks)! Eligible families can receive $120 per child to help buy groceries during the summer months when school is out. 🍎🥪🍉

Summer meals and Summer EBT work together to help keep kids fueled, healthy, and ready for fun all summer long!

📍 Free summer meals are also available for kids 18 and under at select community locations such as parks and libraries.

🔗 Learn more and check eligibility at:
SummerEBT.org

Little Rock School District No Kid Hungry Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance

05/14/2026

A beautiful reminder that restaurants support Potluck Food Rescue in many ways beyond food donation alone. There a many who do.

The reality is that local restaurants cannot always donate surplus food consistently, and we understand that. In this industry, margins matter. But when restaurants and caterers do have untouched surplus from events, they know who to call, and we are deeply grateful for that support.
Chefs are artists within the food system. They reimagine, repurpose, revive, and create. They also understand waste reduction better than most, utilizing every bit of food possible through skill, creativity, preservation, and intentional cooking practices. Good chefs know how to extend life, reduce waste, and introduce culture through food.

Thank you to Ciao Baci for supporting Potluck Food Rescue through next week’s dinner and wine pairing experience on May 20th and for continuing to invest in community through food.

05/12/2026

The 2026 American Community Gardening Association Conference is coming to Little Rock, and this is a huge moment for Arkansas. Bravo to everyone who helped bring this national conversation here. 🌱

At a time when Arkansas continues facing some of the highest rates of food insecurity in the nation, conversations surrounding community gardens, urban agriculture, food rescue, composting, sustainability, and localized food systems matter more than ever.

This conference brings together leaders, growers, nonprofits, educators, organizers, and communities from across the country to discuss real solutions and collaborative investment in local food systems.

Registration and sponsorship opportunities are available now. If you care about food access, sustainability, community resilience, and the future of localized food systems, this is a conference worth being part of.

Click on the links below to learn more info!

https://www.eventcreate.com/e/american-community-garden-a/2026-conference

https://canva.link/ly396q8wlzosrip

05/10/2026

To all mothers in every form, biological, adoptive, stepmothers, grandmothers, aunties, chosen family, mentors, and the women who simply show up to nurture and care for others… today we celebrate you, but know that every day we practice your values through action. Every day is a day to celebrate you

Compassion. Nourishment. Resourcefulness. Community. Care passed forward.

That is the heart of Full Circle Nourishment.

Happy Mother’s Day from Potluck Food Rescue 💚

Thank you for the perfect image Everyday Health and Arkansas Minority Health Commission❤️🙏