We Feed, Teach & Grow.
The Food Shuttle recovers and distributes over 9 million pounds of food per year, and teaches skills for self-sufficiency including culinary job skills, shopping and cooking healthy on a budget, and how to grow food.
OUR MISSION
We FEED our neighbors, TEACH self-sufficiency, GROW healthy foods, and CULTIVATE innovative approaches to end hunger.
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is a nonpartisan, 501c3 non-profit organization and a member of the Feeding America National Network of Food Banks. As a Feeding America Food Bank, we recover and distribute food to our low-income neighbors, but we know putting food on a plate is not enough. We also provide programs designed to empower people with skills to meet their own food needs through culinary job training, beginner gardening, and cooking healthy on a budget. We feed, teach, and grow to create a hunger-free and healthy community.
WHO WE SERVE
North Carolina is the 10th hungriest state in the U.S. In our seven county service area alone, more than 222,000 people are food insecure and may not know where their next meal is coming from. Learn more about hunger in NC →
1 in 6 children in North Carolina is at risk for hunger
Over 117,000 children applied to receive free or reduced-price lunch last year through our public schools in our seven service counties. That's almost 53% of school-aged children in these public school systems.
9% of North Carolina seniors experience food insecurity
We believe HUNGER IS UNACCEPTABLE! On a deeper level, we believe the solutions to hunger are found in building a community food system that supports all of its residents with knowledge, skills, and access to healthy eating.
How We Serve
All of our programs seek to support low-income families living in food deserts without adequate access to nutritious food and without the income to purchase healthy meals. By partnering with churches and community housing, almost 6,000 people in low-income neighborhoods access free food at Mobile Markets right where they live. Volunteers deliver bags of fresh produce—some grown on our own farm—to 2,000 seniors. Almost 5,000 children receive nutritious meals through BackPack Buddies, School Pantries, and our Spinning Plate food truck. All told, by partnering with 200 agencies, schools and community centers, on average over 60,000 adults and children struggling with hunger receive healthy food every month. Additionally, more than 7,000 individuals participate in our cooking and gardening programs, strengthening their self-sufficiency, increasing their consumption of fresh produce, and becoming more food literate.
Where we serve
The Food Shuttle operates in a seven county service area in central North Carolina, including: Wake, Durham, Johnston, Orange, Chatham, Nash and Edgecombe counties.
