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Fork It Over! is Metro's food donation program to reduce hunger and waste in the Portland metropolitan area. Join the many area businesses that have committed to reducing waste and fighting hunger.

Fork It Over! featured donor Jim Claeys of Claeys' Catering.

Your surplus food can go in the garbage. Or it can help feed someone who needs it. Join hundreds of Portland-area restaurants, caterers and food service companies in fighting hunger and reducing waste through Metro's Fork It Over! food donation program.

Find a food rescue program

Use Metro's interactive search tool to find a nearby food rescue agency that fits your needs. Enter your address and the types of food you have to donate and get maps, contact information and program details... More

Sign up for free assistance

Download a form to request free help from Fork It Over! to get a food donation program started at your business... More

It's the right thing to do

Businesses can address problems of hunger and waste by viewing surplus food as a resource, not a waste product. Find out how food donation helps those in need and benefits your business... More

It's safe to Fork It Over!

Federal and Oregon laws protect you from liability when you donate food in good faith...More

It's simple to Fork It Over!

Food banks and hunger relief agencies maintain well-defined protocols for ensuring the safe and efficient collection and distribution of donated food. Donation is safe, simple and the right thing to do. Here's how... More

Fork It Over! featured donor

Dozens of regional businesses have committed to Fork It Over! Read about the program's current featured donor, Jim Claeys of Claeys' Catering, in his own words... More

Who is donating?

Discover Fork It Over! donors who are showing other businesses how easy it is to reduce hunger and waste in our community... Go

Can't donate? Compost!

If your business is in Portland, you can now contract with waste haulers to collect food waste and food-soiled paper for composting. The City of Portland provides technical assistance, training for your employees, communications and marketing materials and more... Visit Portland Composts!

For businesses outside Portland, contact your local government solid waste and recycling department for information about potential composting in your area.

Outside the metro region?

• For assistance finding a food rescue agency in Clark County, Wash., call 503-397-6118 ext. 4493 or send e-mail to bob.a.patterson@clark.wa.gov.
• For information about food rescue programs other areas outside the metro region, call 800-777-7427.

Partners

Fork It Over! is presented by Metro and made possible with support from these community partners:

• Oregon Restaurant Association
• Chef’s Collaborative
• Chef de Cuisine Society
• Food Alliance
• SYSCO Portland
• Oregon Food Bank

Related Internet links

• USDA food recovery and gleaning: A citizen's guide to food recovery

  (http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/gleaning/content.htm)

• Food donation: A restaurateur's guide (PDF)

  (http://www.p2pays.org/ref/12/11907.pdf)

• Waste not, want not: Feeding the hungry and reducing solid waste…

  (http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/wastenot.htm)

• Oregon Food Bank: Donate food

  (http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/make_a_difference/donate_food/)

• Portland Composts!

  (http://www.portlandonline.com/osd/index.cfm?c=41682)