News and Updates - Urban Recipe

How is Urban Recipe Different from a Food Pantry?

A common misconception about Urban Recipe is that we are a food pantry. Similar to a pantry in many ways, we are proud to stretch that model of “free food for all” to focus also on depth, dignity, and sustained impact. What does that look like here in Atlanta? First, let’s look at the ways…

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…