Make Food Not Waste

Mission: To make sure that edible, surplus food gets eaten by people (not landfills) and to lay the groundwork for lasting, long-term solutions to food waste.

Make Food Not Waste has rescued and diverted over 150,000 pounds of food from landfills each year, transforming it into more than 150,000 meals prepared by professional chefs at our Upcycling Kitchen. We partner with local governments and organizations to advance Every Bit Counts, a green infrastructure plan reducing food waste across Southeast Michigan. Through events, workshops, and campaigns we help communities, businesses, universities connect food waste reduction to climate action. We also founded and led the Michigan Food Waste Coalition, a statewide partnership working to cut Michigan's food waste in half by 2030.