About

Despite the abundance of food and wealth in the Bay Area, 1 in 4 people in San Francisco are food insecure, many of them seniors and children. The dichotomy of hunger in modern cities juxtaposed with a world of surplus food and 40% waste requires innovative thinking to move beyond the traditional models of food recovery and charity. Food Shift discovers, demonstrates and shares creative and sustainable community approaches to addressing hunger.  

Food Shift recovers and revitalizes surplus and imperfect food. Working its culinary and human magic in The Food Shift Kitchen,  Food Shift creates delicious meals for our catering and food donation programs, simultaneously imparting culinary skills and job-training to our kitchen apprentices. We strive to maximize nutritious food prepared and distributed to food insecure communities, and to support individuals with limited resources to achieve economic security through job training and employment.