VIRGINIA RESOURCES
Community Fridges in the 757. Take what you need, give what you can!
The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore’s primary mission is leading the effort to eliminate hunger in our community.
Keeping Us Secure & Prosperous provides holistic initiatives, programs & services focused around increasing access to emergency food and preparedness in disadvantaged communities.
Lemon Tree’s Free Food Directory
Map of food pantries and distributions in the Richmond area.
Food Coalition Resource Center (FCRC)
A mutual aid collective coordinating food distribution and community support initiatives in Richmond. They organize direct assistance, resource sharing, and solidarity networks while building sustainable systems of community care through food justice and collective action.
A mutual aid collective fostering food justice and community solidarity through free food sharing in Richmond. They coordinate regular meal distributions, food recovery initiatives, and solidarity networks while building power through direct action, community care, and creating spaces for food sovereignty and collective nourishment.
Richmond Food Justice Alliance
food policy+health equity+community engagement+urban agriculture
RVA Community Fridges is about more than free food. It’s neighbors helping neighbors.
Southpaw is a volunteer-run cafe and community space built by, and for, the New River Valley in Southwest Virginia.
NATIONAL RESOURCES
A volunteer-driven mutual aid network that recovers food that would otherwise be discarded and shares free vegan and vegetarian meals with the hungry in over 1,000 cities around the world. They organize around the principles that food is a right, not a privilege, and work to build local solidarity while protesting war and poverty.
A comprehensive mapping resource connecting people to mutual aid networks and resources in their local areas, with a particular focus on food distribution efforts and community-driven food security initiatives.
Community Resources
A community-driven mapping tool that helps locate and share information about mini food pantries and mutual aid food distribution points across communities. The map allows users to find nearby pantries or add new ones, fostering grassroots food security initiatives and neighborhood-level mutual aid networks.
Freedge (Community Refrigerators)
A map and resource network for community refrigerators—publicly accessible fridges where people can take or leave food at no cost. These cooperatively managed fridges help reduce food waste while increasing food access in neighborhoods across the country.
D.J.S.H.O.D.A.N. 