News and Updates - Urban Recipe

Urban Recipe – More than a Pantry

“When is your pantry open?”“What hours can I come pick up food?” These are questions we hear almost every day. And we always give the same answer: Urban Recipe is not a food pantry. But, in many ways, it’s something better. More than a Box of Food When families join an Urban Recipe Food Co-op,…

Mobile Pantry Increases Food Access

Urban Recipe runs food co-ops. We have spent years continuing to improve our co-op model to get food to people who need it. Five years ago, with the global pandemic, our model ran into a wall and we had to figure out a way to get families food, even without the co-op community. With partners…

Resolutions to Challenge Ourselves in 2025

Starting out the new year is always an exciting time of fresh goals and new beginnings. Everyone wants to go above and beyond for themselves and for their community. For an organization that has been around since 1991, we still like to take this opportunity to evaluate how we can better live our mission of…

A genuine thank you as we close out the year

As 2024 comes to a close, we want to take a moment to look back on the last 12 months at Urban Recipe, with gratitude to all who were part of it. But more than that, we look together to the future, working together to promote food security and dignity through intentionally designed community-driven food…