The Self-Sufficiency Standard measures how much income is needed to meet families' basic necessities, without any public or private assistance.
We’ve asked some of our neighbors—participants, volunteers, City Harvest staff—to share their stories of life in pandemic-era New York.
Since helping to start the food rescue movement in 1982, we have rescued and delivered over 1 billion pounds of food that would have otherwise gone to waste to help feed the more than 1.5 million New Yorkers in need.
Our fleet of trucks make daily deliveries to nearly 400 soup kitchens, food pantries and other community food programs across New York City’s five boroughs.
Need Help Finding Food? This map shows locations that are currently distributing food, free of charge, throughout New York City. Location sites include soup kitchens, food pantries, community fridges, City Harvest Mobile Markets®, and City Harvest Community Partner Distributions. Use
Through our Mobile Markets®, City Harvest delivers fresh fruits and vegetables, free of charge, to thousands of New Yorkers each month.
