Food rescue & preservation for families

We rescue imperfect, surplus, and B-grade produce that would otherwise be composted or sent to landfill, and transform it into shelf-stable, whole-food snacks and cooking ingredients for families.

At the intersection of rescue & justice

Turning waste into nourishment

Bumps & Bruises rescues produce from farms, grocers, and corporate partners, then uses our kitchen infrastructure and commercial freeze-drying and dehydration equipment to turn it into whole-food snacks and cooking ingredients for families.

Through Bumps & Bruises, grant dollars go further: donated produce costs nothing to acquire, and the kitchen and equipment are shared infrastructure. The primary costs are labor, ingredients, and packaging, so families receive more whole food without proportionally increasing produce costs.

What we make

Whole food, simply preserved

We preserve real, rescued produce into whole-food forms families love to cook with and snack on.

Healthy snacks for schools

Banana Snax and freeze-dried fruits & vegetables, shelf-stable, whole-food snacks ready to pack for school. Many are born from the large produce donations we rescue, like our regular cases of bananas.

Freeze-dried veggies for cooking

Shelf-stable vegetables families cook with exactly like fresh produce, so they can make wholesome meals at home year-round, just like they would with anything fresh.

Stretching every grant dollar

Because the produce is rescued and the kitchen and equipment are shared infrastructure, the primary costs are labor, ingredients, and packaging. That means grant dollars go further, and families receive more whole-food, plant-based products, year-round and in the formats their family prefers.

Bumps & Bruises amplifies what the Lunchbox Family Program can deliver: it lets us supplement fresh produce with shelf-stable nutrition even in the months when fresh donations are limited.

Fund a food rescue run.

Your gift turns produce that would have been wasted into nourishing, shelf-stable snacks and ingredients for children across Central Texas.

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