OUR STORY
Did you know?
1.5 Billion 
pounds of fresh food is wasted each year in Maryland alone.
500 Thousand
people experience food insecurity in the DC metro region.
May 2011
Brett Meyers founds Nourish Now with the goal of making food waste and hunger each other’s solutions. At first, he delivers food using his own personal vehicle.
October 2013
Expanded storage space and refrigerated vehicles allow for greater food donations, establishing Nourish Now as Montgomery County’s leader in prepared food recovery.
July 2022
Nourish Now moves to a new building with offices and over 4x more food storage space.
Our Growth
200,000+
pounds of food is recovered and donated monthly to more than 4,000 families.
Our Impact
Since 2011, Nourish Now has donated
22+
Million Lbs
of food!
STORY
Did you know?
1.5 Billion
pounds of fresh food is wasted each year in Maryland alone.
500 Thousand
people experience food insecurity in the DC metro region.
May 2011
Brett Meyers founds Nourish Now with the goal of making food waste and hunger each other’s solutions. At first, he delivers food using his own personal vehicle.
October 2013
Expanded storage space and refrigerated vehicles allow for greater food donations, establishing Nourish Now as Montgomery County’s leader in prepared food recovery.
July 2022
Nourish Now moves to a new building with offices and over 4x more food storage space.
Our Growth
200,000+
pounds of food is recovered and donated monthly to more than 4,000 families.
Our Impact
Since 2011, Nourish Now has donated
22+
Million LBs
of food.
STORY
Did you know?
1.5 Billion
pounds of fresh food is wasted each year in Maryland alone.
500 Thousand
people experience food insecurity in the DC metro region.
May 2011
Brett Meyers founds Nourish Now with the goal of making food waste and hunger each other’s solutions. At first, he delivers food using his own personal vehicle.
October 2013
Expanded storage space and refrigerated vehicles allow for greater food donations, establishing Nourish Now as Montgomery County’s leader in prepared food recovery.
July 2022
Nourish Now moves to a new building with offices and over 4x more food storage space.
Our Growth
200,000+
pounds of food is recovered and donated monthly to more than 4,000 families.
Our Impact
Since 2011, Nourish Now has donated
22+ Million
POUNDS of food!
MISSION
To End Hunger
Through Food Recovery
Nourish Now is a 501c3 nonprofit food bank, specializing in food recovery from restaurants, grocery and big box stores, sporting venues, catererers, farms, and many more. All food donations are distributed directly to children, families, seniors and veterans in need from neighborhood to neighborhood throughout our area. We collaborate with other organizations working to end hunger, including shelters, food pantries, and religious organizations.
Nourish Now primarily serves Montgomery County, MD, in addition to serving Prince George’s County, MD Baltimore City and Southeast Washington DC.
Food Recovery Philosophies
Food With Dignity:
Providing high-quality food assistance to create lasting food security with the ultimate goal to break the cycle of poverty.
Giving Surplus Value:
Turning the negative affects of hunger and food waste into a single solution for the environmental and financial benefit of our neighbors in need.