Food Link, Inc.

Reduce food waste this holiday season! ReFED estimates over 300 million lbs. of food will be wasted this Thanksgiving. Read our latest blog post for steps you can take to prevent food waste. https://lnkd.in/eDUiXaza

11 employees from Toast volunteered at Food Link — Toast's fourth time volunteering with us! Everyone in the group was excited to play a role in supporting food security: loading our vans for delivery to Medford Community Cupboard and Hearts of Life, quality-checking cabbages, and repackaging eggs. Thank you to these Toasters for lending a hand! Is your organization or company interested in volunteering with Food Link? Visit our website to get started. https://lnkd.in/eeNXPUDE

NEW ON OUR BLOG: Growing season is a busy time for Food Link. We saw a 36% increase in fresh produce donations this season compared to the rest of the year! Visit our blog to learn more about our volunteers who rescue food from the Arlington Farmers' Market.

Akamai Technologies employees recently visited Food Link for a volunteer shift! Pictured here are three members of the Akamai team repackaging a 20-lb. bag of dried mushroom flakes. Is your organization or company interested in volunteering with Food Link? Visit our website to get started. https://lnkd.in/eeNXPUDE

Thank you to Brian Sisitzky and CUMMINGS FOUNDATION for their continued support of our food rescue program!

Ride for Food 2024 was a success! A big thank you to everyone who supported our team: our riders, our donors, The Arlington Dems, Watertown Savings Bank, MA, and Three Squares New England for organizing a great event. ? The Food Link team is so close to hitting our $25,000 goal! Please show your appreciation for Food Link's team by donating: https://lnkd.in/eTUZvrxN

A recent study analyzed five state-level food waste bans and found Massachusetts was the only one of these states to reduce waste. The study attributes Massachusetts' success to its many composting and food recovery facilities, easy-to-understand language, compliance checks, and noncompliance fines. Food Link is thrilled to play a role in reducing food waste across the state. Thank you to the Food Link community for helping us make a difference! Read more about the study from WBUR: https://lnkd.in/gqijCjHT

NEW BLOG POST! Check out our newest blog series, “On Shift,” in which Darcy, our Administrative Assistant, is showcasing volunteer shifts at Food Link. Read their posts about sorting at Whole Foods, delivering to the Lexington Food Pantry, and working on-site at our headquarters: https://lnkd.in/eek7smXZ

Please join us in thanking the CUMMINGS FOUNDATION for their recent gift to Food Link! These funds, made through their Make a Difference Dollars (MAD$) program, will ensure nourishing fresh foods are distributed daily to our recipient agencies. Food insecurity cannot be tackled alone - we're so grateful to partners like the Cummings Foundation for making our mission possible. You can check out more about The Cummings Foundation and our other funders on our website: https://lnkd.in/eks5ZvkA

Thank you to everyone who visited our rainy booth at Town Day this past weekend! We're especially grateful to Congresswoman Katherine Clark for stopping by and for all she does as a food security champion in our community.