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Who we are
Founded by Ronni Kahn AO in 2004 after noticing the huge volume of food going to waste, OzHarvest quickly grew to become Australia’s leading food rescue organisation. Food is at our core, saving surplus food from ending up in landfill and delivering it to charities that help feed people in need. We are committed to halving food waste by 2030, inspiring and influencing others to do the same, and transforming lives through education.
What We Do
Feed
People in need
Educate
To create positive change
Advocate
For food security and to fight food waste
Innovate
For social impact
What's Happening at OzHarvest
2025 Impact Report
Our 2025 Impact Report shares the impact of our work, including our programs, partnerships and progress across our four pillars: Feed, Educate, Advocate, Innovate. Along with leadership highlights, state summaries and what goes into 'Nourishing our Country.'
Bring FEAST to your school
FEAST is a FREE 10-week curriculum-aligned education program for primary and high schools, which explores food waste, its environmental impact, positive food choices and easy classroom cooking.
Pay It Forward Dinners
Dine with us every Wednesday and Thursday night at Refettorio OzHarvest Sydney for our Pay It Forward dinners and help feed people in need.
Cooking for a Cause
Cooking for a Cause is a unique team building activity. Transform rescued ingredients into gourmet meals, which we deliver to the local community.
Meet our OzHarvest Family
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Anthony and the BigDog team provide disability support services to young adults with intellectual impairments, including day centre activities, community participation and life skills. The BigDog team love seeing what we've got on board each week and never shy away from a "how do we use this vegetable" challenge!
Michaela
QLD State Manager
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When you hear stories that people are choosing between topping up their Opal card and having dinner - it's really rough. So, providing free food gives them peace of mind to know they can use that money to make an appointment or go to the doctor, and just not worry about how they're going to be fed - it takes a real weight off someone's mind.
Bernard (Beez) Deojee
The Way
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At YouthBeat we provide long term support for youth in homes as well as through our outreach for street present youth. The food donated by OzHarvest helps support young people who are struggling, especially with food and budgeting and it is truly invaluable to our work and our clients.
Mission Australia YouthBeat
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We come to the market once or twice a week, which is a life saver and gets us through the week. Sometimes we get food for a neighbour in need too.” Yvonne, 92, and her daughter Sylvie have been coming to the OzHarvest Market since it opened.
Yvonne
OzHarvest Market Customer
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"Orlando joined the OzHarvest family as a food rescue driver in 2010. He is an incredibly quiet achiever, a humble beautiful soul and brightens everyone’s day with his smile, hugs and hola’s. He even roped in his son, Henry, into becoming a casual driver for a few years."
Lou
Head of DNA
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Martin joined OzHarvest because he wanted to help other people. His favourite day of the week is Wednesday when he helps out at the OzHarvest Market, unloading food from the delivery van with his favourite driver Jack and sorting out large bulk foods into smaller portions.
Martin
OzHarvest Sydney volunteer
We know it’s hard to believe that $1 can help provide two meals. So we climbed to the top of the Empire State Building to answer one of our most commonly asked questions!
At OzHarvest, this calculation is based on our operating costs and the kilograms of food we deliver, using the formula that around 1kg of rescued food produces two meals.
We rely on donations to keep our wheels turning and continue getting good food to people who need it most 💛 Thank you for always supporting our journey!
Every weekday at lunchtime, the doors at @hopeinc94 in Perth are open as they welcome over 200 members of the community. Some are experiencing homelessness, some are seniors, some are families who never imagined they’d need to ask for help. They’re served some hearty soup, made from fresh food that was rescued and delivered with care.
Eleven years ago, Hope Inc. was one of the very first charities in Perth to receive rescued food from OzHarvest. More than a decade of deliveries later, it’s now the difference between a hot meal and an empty table for around 5,000 people a year.
“People are experiencing food insecurity more than ever,” says HOPE Coordinator Amanda Chandler. “We are seeing people come for assistance who have felt too ashamed to access in the past but have gotten to a point where they can no longer get by without the help.”
That rescued food does more than fill a bowl. It frees up time and funding, allowing charities like Hope Inc. to offer the other support services their community needs.
This is just one of the journeys made by our 70 yellow vans nationwide everyday. We couldn’t do it without our National Food Rescue partner @woolworths_au who provide over 60% of our rescued produce so we can deliver it to people in need.
Thank you to everyone at Hope Inc. for the work you do on the frontline. Swipe through to see food rescue in action. 💛
2025 was OzHarvest’s 21st year!
It was a year of growth across all areas of the organisation. We rescued food at record levels, launched programs in new communities, amplified our message and told our story to the whole country. There were so many milestone moments, with magnificent people helping us create impact in everything we do.
The numbers show our reach and scale, but the report shares the stories and people behind every one of them – our drivers, our volunteers, our donors, our partners, our staff and our supporters.
Thank you to everyone who is part of our journey.
To view our impact report visit the link in our bio 💛
Big things are happening at OzHarvest. We’ve released our 2025 Impact Report, announced CEO CookOff dates and dropped an exciting new product on OzHarvest Shop. Swipe to see what’s new...
💛 We’ve released our 2025 Impact Report. From record levels of food rescued to reaching new communities with our programs, we’re so proud of the impact we’ve created.
💛 CEO CookOff is back for 2026! This October and November, 300 business leaders across eight cities will join 80 culinary legends to cook, connect and create change for people doing it tough. Pre-registrations are open now.
💛 Our partner of six years, @oxoaustralia, invited incredible chef and long-time OzHarvest friend @daniellemariealvarez to a lead special Cooking for a Cause session with an amazing group of foodie influencers.
💛 Paul Sangster started at OzHarvest as a casual food rescue driver, in between jobs. From there, he went on to lead our operations across WA, NT and QLD and is now our Head of Rood Rescue!
💛 OzHarvest Ventures has a new product: dried citrus slices, made from lemons too good to waste. Even better – the full Oh! Range (jams, lemonade and chilli sauce) is now back in stock on @ozharvestshop
Stay up to date with what’s happening at OzHarvest by subscribing to out bi-monthly newsletter ‘The Harvest’ - link in bio.
Jokes aside though, Australian households waste 2.5 million tonnes of food every year, and around 70% of it is perfectly edible. That’s a whole lotta good food ending up in the bin.
The truth is a lot of your ingredients have way more life in them than you think. Wrinkly capsicum? Still makes a cracking stir-fry. Wilting herbs? Make the best pesto! Bread going stale? Croutons or breadcrumbs!
Use your senses before you toss it. If it looks ok and smells ok, it`s probably ok! 💛
