Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin

We’re on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals.

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin believes that together we are solving hunger. Since 1982, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin has been helping our neighbors in need. From our humble beginnings of a first donation of 600 pounds of apples to distributing more than 53 million pounds of food in a year during the pandemic, we are helping those who face hunger move forward.

Over 40 years ago, Dr. Milton J. Huber, a professor of public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, saw a problem and sought the Rotary Club for help. He noticed that overproduction and the overstocking of multidepartment supermarkets in order to meet consumer expectations led to a rapid increase in wasted food.

Huber suggested to Rotarians Price Davis and Art Riemer that the Milwaukee Rotary Club would be the perfect group to spearhead a food banking system to save surplus food and deliver it to people facing hunger in their city. A local grower provided their first donation — 600 pounds of apples. Those apples laid the foundation for what has led to years of hunger relief work, reaching far beyond neighborhoods in Milwaukee.

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is the leading hunger-relief organization in the state, operating food banks in Milwaukee and Fox Valley.  Together with our members, we are providing healthy and nutritious food to those who face hunger.  We are also developing innovative solutions to improve the health of our communities.