Our impact

Real food, real reach, real results.

We report what we can count: pounds sourced, communities served, people reached. Here is where the program stands as of September 2026.

Reach

Built to run anywhere in the country.

Our model is centralized sourcing plus regional delivery, which means a new market isn't limited by where we already operate. If a partner has properties in a state we've never served, we can build the supply chain for it.

1.3M+Meals delivered to date
190+Communities served
20K+People fed every month
50States we can deliver to
Meals delivered is cumulative since 2020 and includes donated produce distributed under our former name, Central MA Food Rescue. Meal equivalents use the Feeding America standard of 1.2 pounds per meal. Community count reflects properties served in 2026.

Currently operating in 21 states and DC

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Not on this list? That's a track record, not a service area. Tell us where your properties are and we'll build the market there.
The problem we solve

Residents need more than a referral to a food bank.

Food insecurity in affordable housing is rarely a single problem. It's cost, distance and timing at once — and a referral solves none of them.

“They can't afford to buy fresh produce even when they want to.”

Common feedback from property managers and resident services staff

“Some residents physically cannot get to a food bank or grocery store.”

Seniors, people with disabilities, and residents without transportation

“Government support doesn't stretch far enough to cover the full month.”

SNAP and other benefits often run out before month-end
Who this reaches

Fresh food, for people it usually skips.

Residents choosing produce at a market
From a partner property

One resident we serve remembers when fresh vegetables felt like a luxury she couldn't afford. Living on a fixed income, most of her budget went to rent and to medication for her diabetes. She relied heavily on canned and processed food from the pantry, which made managing her blood sugar steadily harder.

When Full Belly Foods began running markets at her community, she was among the first to come. Each month she now picks up crisp lettuce, ripe tomatoes, sweet peppers and seasonal fruit — food that has changed both her meals and her health, and that she tells our partners she looks forward to cooking again.

Shared with us by the resident services team at a partner affordable housing organization. Written about the resident rather than quoted directly; name and identifying details withheld.
How we got here

From a U-Haul to 21 states in six years.

2020

Founded as Central MA Food Rescue

Started during the COVID-19 pandemic with a U-Haul and a farm in western Massachusetts, rescuing and redistributing food across central Massachusetts.

2024

Still a local operation

Running on a small fraction of today's scale, serving communities across Massachusetts.

2025

The model changes

We shifted from food rescue to direct-to-property delivery for affordable housing portfolios, and began operating outside New England.

April 2026

900,000 meals delivered

Rebranded to Full Belly Foods and operating nationally.

Today

1.3M+ meals · 190+ communities · 21 states and DC

Roughly 20,000 people receive fresh food every month, with new markets opening on request in states we haven't served before.

Help us reach the communities still on our list.

Demand keeps outrunning what housing budgets can carry. Philanthropic support is what lets us say yes.

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