About PDXFOOD.ORG
PDXFOOD.ORG is a volunteer-run map for Portland-area neighbors who need free groceries, community fridges, and meal programs. Food access is a right — and finding it shouldn’t depend on which website you happened to hear about.
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The information gap
Free food in Portland is spread across dozens of lists that don’t talk to each other: food-bank partner directories, grassroots Google Maps, city and county PDFs, school-district handouts, and social pages with no central listing. They overlap, contradict each other, and rarely get updated when a site moves or closes.
A wrong pin wastes time, gas, and dignity. PDXFOOD exists to pull the landscape onto one searchable map — and to keep it honest when reality changes.
Built for the moment you need it
Other lists read like archives. We built PDXFOOD to answer real questions: what’s near me, what’s open right now, and what do I need to know before I go?
- Open Now — one tap shows locations that are open or opening soon, based on structured schedules.
- Filters — narrow by type, today or tomorrow, distance, and access details (ID, appointment, wheelchair access, and more).
- Map and List — scan the city geographically or scroll by name.
- Search — address, zip, neighborhood, or keyword.
Community keeps it honest
Schedules tell you when a site should be open. Neighbors tell you what it looks like today.
- Status updates — open, well stocked, running low, busy, or closed today. No account required; updates show for about 8 hours.
- Pin glow — green, yellow, or red halos on recent status reports.
- Report a problem — flag wrong hours, addresses, closures, and more. We usually update within a day.
- Photos and Say thanks to site stewards when assigned.
What we’re not
We are not Oregon Food Bank, a government agency, or an emergency hotline. We’re neighbors trying to make fragmented information usable — always improving, never finished.