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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
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.
2026 Frontline Report
Our annual survey was sent to 1500 current food relief partners and 1600 organisations on our growing waitlist. These insights provide a critical on-the-ground perspective of food insecurity in Australia.
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
The fresh produce in this video went through a journey before it became a meal for someone in need 💛
1. We rescue fresh ingredients from over 2,400 donors - perfectly good produce and staples, saved and brought back to our warehouse kitchen!
2. Cooked up by our Cooking for a Cause crew — amazing corporate volunteers who step into the kitchen and learn zero-waste cooking while turning this produce into meals
3. Delivered straight to charities supporting people doing it tough, plus our free markets in Sydney and Adelaide
Learn more about Cooking for a Cause in the link in our bio!
Your squeezed lemon can clean your whole cutting board. Dip it in salt and scrub. That’s all! No products, no fuss, just a lemon you were about to bin.
Save this and follow along for next week’s quick hack to reduce food waste!
#lemons #kitchenhack #choppingboard
We turned our OzHarvest HQ into a music video! 🎵💛
Hit play for a behind-the-scenes look at the heartbeat of our working warehouse, where every person plays an important part in ‘Nourishing our Country’.
Watch rescued food roll in and out of our iconic yellow loading dock, our chefs whipping up meals in the kitchen, Cooking for a Cause sessions in full swing, and our food truck and catering team on the move!
Head upstairs and you’ll find the teams making it all possible behind the scenes: operations, logistics, marketing, engagement, advocacy... the list goes on.
It’s busy. It’s a little chaotic. It’s full of purpose. And we wouldn’t have it any other way. 💛
Last week @refettorioozharvest wrapped the incredible ‘Our Shared Future’ dinner series in collaboration with @vividsydney. We welcomed acclaimed chefs - @jundakhoo_hojiak , @fortheloveof_pastry (Jade Gilmour), @racha_syrian_kitchen, @genghiskhanh, @remydavis_, @lauren.eldridge and @babasplace__ (Jean Paul El Tom) – into our tiny kitchen to transform rescued ingredients into gourmet dishes.
Our guest chefs worked collaboratively with our incredible Refettorio chefs, to serve exclusive 4 course menus to over 370 guests across seven events.
The ‘Pay It Forward’ concept means that ticket sales enabled us to serve much needed meals at our lunchtime service that supports vulnerable people. What a beautiful opportunity to connect fine dining and beautiful ingredients, with driving meaningful social change.
A big thank you to everyone who dined with us, volunteered with us, all of our guest chefs who generously donated their time, and everyone who helped bring these incredible events to life!
Thank you to our wonderful photographers -
🍳 Junda Khoo - @tully.oregan
🍳 Jade Gilmour - Nick Won | @canonanz
🍳 Racha About Alchamat - @newheightsmediaau
🍳 Khanh Nguyen - Paul Frontczak | @canonanz
🍳 Remy Davis - Sharon Kavanagh | @canonanz
🍳 Lauren Eldridge - @newheightsmediaau
🍳 Jean Paul El Tom - Rick Slowgrove | @canonanz
Who knew the oil left in your tuna or sardine tin could be your next salad dressing?
Just squeeze in some lemon, a splash of balsamic, some mustard, and give it a stir. Use on any salad - or - store in the fridge for 4-5 days and use throughout the week!
Save this and follow along for next week’s quick hack to reduce food waste!
#tunasalad #saladdressing #healthyrecipes
