Millions of people across the globe face hunger while nearly a third of food is lost or wasted. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Food banking is key to the solution.
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Our
Community-Led Approach

Our mission is simple: We advance and unite food banks to nourish the world’s hungry.
Mobilizing food systems change
We provide the information, space, and connections necessary to ensure the world’s food banks have a voice in global conversations, moving us toward lasting food systems change.
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Food bank leaders from around the world join a panel at the Food Bank Leadership Institute in Mexico City. (Photo: The Global FoodBanking Network/Ken Jones Photography)
Advancing food banks
We ensure food banks have the resources they need to operate optimally, expand responsibly, and respond to unexpected shocks that come their way.
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In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, staff members from Kechara Soup Kitchen distribute food packages to community members facing hunger. The packages contains prepared hot meals, beverages, fruit, and baked goods. The food bank also provides basic medical services, and welfare aid to the homeless and urban poor populations. (Photo: The Global FoodBanking Network/Annice Lyn)

FRAME: A New Methodology to Quantify Food Banking’s Environmental Impact

Food recovery and redistribution—which is the expertise of food banks across the world—is the quickest, simplest, and most affordable way to reduce methane emissions. Developed with the Carbon Trust, explore the FRAME Methodology: Food Recovery to Avoid Methane Emissions.

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Our
Stories

Food Banking Kenya worker unloading fresh vegetables from a refrigerated truck in Kamae, Kenya.
How GFN Helps Food Banks Source More Fresh Fruits and Vegetables from Farmers
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The Benefits of Partnering with GFN, Food Banks: Q&A with Stephanie Slingerland, Kellanova’s Chief Philanthropy Officer
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In Brazil, Food Banks Elevate and Take Lessons from Indigenous Groups
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How GFN is Measuring Methane Mitigation with the Help of Microsoft Sustainability Manager
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Our
Impact

41
Million People
accessed food through a GFN member food bank in 2023.
1.8
Million metric tons of CO2e
were prevented by GFN members in 2023.
GFN’s time-tested approach to food banking has been essential to helping us build the model and better serve our communities.
Elijah Amoo Addo
Founder and Executive Director
Food for All Africa
76,000
Community Organizations
were supported by a GFN member in 2023.

Our Global Network of Food Banks

Find GFN members across six continents and more than 50 countries.
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The boundaries, names, and designations used on this map or other materials on this website does not imply official endorsement or opinion of The Global FoodBanking Network or its partners.

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