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August 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Sharing Excess helps break Guinness World Record for largest donation of fruits and vegetables in 24 hours
Sharing Excess partnered with Canadian nonprofit Odd Bunch at Ugly Potato Day to collect 543,501 pounds of fresh produce in 24 hours, shattering the previous Guinness World Record.
PhillyVoice
November 14, 2025 · 8 min read
A Partnership for Food Security in Philadelphia
Evan Ehlers partnered with Bank of America's Jim Dever to expand hunger relief work, redistributing 200 million pounds of food in Philly and beyond.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
November 8, 2025 · 3 min watch
How a Philly-based nonprofit is helping feed those in need
More than a third of all food produced in the U.S. goes to waste. Sharing Excess is working to change that by rescuing surplus food and getting it to people who need it.
6abc Philadelphia
November 3, 2025 · 6 min read
The Case for Taking Food Rescue Seriously
America wastes enough food each year to equal 123 billion meals. Sharing Excess argues food rescue deserves the same professional investment as waste management and recycling.
Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association
November 3, 2025 · 5 min read
Philly-based nonprofit launches food-mapping website as SNAP benefits pause
As SNAP benefits were paused for millions of Americans, Sharing Excess launched an interactive map connecting people to free food distribution sites in Philadelphia, New York, and Chicago.
PhillyVoice
June 23, 2025 · 7 min read
Food rescue nonprofit faces 'tornado scenario' with federal funding cuts
As federal funding cuts strain food banks nationwide, Sharing Excess founder Evan Ehlers says the organization's heart remains in Philadelphia even as it expands across 36 states.
PhillyVoice
June 11, 2025 · 2 min watch
An Inside Look Into One of America's Largest Food Rescue Programs
Evan Ehlers takes viewers behind the scenes at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market, where Sharing Excess rescues millions of pounds of surplus food before it reaches landfills.
Pew Charitable Trusts
March 14, 2025 · 25 min listen
Turning Surplus Food into Millions of Meals
On Pew's After the Fact podcast, Evan Ehlers shares how Sharing Excess evolved from a group of college volunteers into an organization redistributing millions of pounds of food nationwide.
Pew Charitable Trusts
November 25, 2024 · 4 min read
Sharing Excess is connecting those who have extra food with those who need more
From a Drexel student's leftover meal swipes to rescuing over a million pounds of food each week, Sharing Excess partners with grocers, restaurants, and farmers to fight hunger in Philadelphia.
6abc Philadelphia
November 14, 2024 · 12 min read
So You Want to Start a Nonprofit to End Food Scarcity
Inside Philanthropy profiles how Evan Ehlers built Sharing Excess from 50 meal swipes into a national food rescue operation that has attracted major foundation and media attention.
Inside Philanthropy