Live demonstration
Global precipitation map
See recent and predicted precipitation move across major agricultural regions.
Explore the map →Food and economic security through better decisions
Better decisions for stronger food and economic security.
Food Aid Project connects agriculture, weather, markets, logistics, technology and people—helping organizations understand changing conditions, use resources wisely and build lasting capacity.
Established2010
Organization501(c)(3) public charity
Based inFort Collins, Colorado
Our approachBuild carefully. Learn openly.
What we do best
- 01See
Make complex weather, crop and market information easier to understand.
- 02Decide
Help people compare choices without making decisions for them.
- 03Move
Improve sourcing, transportation and use of limited resources.
- 04Strengthen
Put useful knowledge and tools within reach of more people.
Technology that helps people help people
Better information. Stronger human decisions.
Powerful technology should not be available only to powerful organizations.
Food Aid Project designs practical decision-support tools to help farmers, food organizations and communities understand difficult situations, consider their options and make better choices more often.
People remain at the center. Technology can make complex information easier to understand, but it does not replace local knowledge, professional expertise, human responsibility or the connection between people.
Weather & agricultural intelligence
See changing conditions around the world.
Weather shapes crops, supply, transportation and food security.
This rotating global precipitation view makes those connections visible. It shows recent and predicted conditions across major agricultural regions—one practical example of how better information can support earlier decisions.
Global viewRecent + predictedRotating regions
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Global precipitation map: radar is used where available, with modeled precipitation elsewhere. For local hazards and warnings, consult the relevant official weather service.
Explore now
Start with something you can see or use.
Food Aid Project is still building. These public tools, demonstrations and records are practical places to begin.
Planning tool
Mixed Truckload Builder
Explore products and quantities for a possible mixed load of staple foods.
Open the builder →Intake available
Skills for Food Security
Share your skills and interests through the Service Corps questionnaire.
Explore the Service Corps →Public records
Nonprofit since 2010
Review Food Aid Project’s IRS determination letter and dated public records.
Review the records →Connected areas of work
See. Decide. Move. Strengthen.
Each program remains distinct. These pathways simply make it easier to understand how the work fits together.
Move food smarter
Improve the choices between supplier and destination.
We bring experience in bulk food, procurement, delivered cost and transportation to problems that can quietly consume charitable resources.
Explore food and logistics programs →See risk sooner
Turn weather, crop and market information into useful context.
Geospatial tools, weather intelligence, crop monitoring and market knowledge can help organizations act before a problem becomes a crisis.
Explore intelligence and technology →Build capability
Help people make better choices more often.
Food Aid Project develops partnerships and expands access to useful information, practical tools and skilled support—strengthening the people already doing the work.
Explore the Service Corps →How it connects
One mission. Many connected decisions.
Select a point in the model to follow that part of the work.
Interactive model Follow the connections
From production to access
Every decision between field, market and destination can change how far limited resources reach.
Program portfolio
Explore the work.
Open any program for a plain-English description and its current status.
01Food Bank SupplyBuilding now+
Bulk-food access and mixed-load planning intended to help food banks consider products, quantities and transportation together.
Explore Food Bank Supply ↗02Zèl ZanjBuilding now+
A distinct humanitarian food-access initiative within the broader Food Aid Project portfolio.
Explore Zèl Zanj ↗03Procurement & transportation supportBuilding now+
Practical ways to consider sourcing, delivered cost, freight, timing and destination together.
Explore food access and logistics ↗04Market access & commodity intelligenceBuilding now+
Price discovery and market pathways connecting agricultural knowledge with the needs of farmers, processors, buyers, NGOs and food organizations.
Explore the portfolio ↗05Weather & early warningBuilding now+
Decision support connecting weather hazards, forecasts and agricultural conditions with logistics, food access and earlier action.
Explore the technology direction →06Crop & geospatial intelligenceBuilding now+
Crop geography, development, field intelligence, yield prediction, Farm Pro, ground truth and proposed country-level pilots.
Explore intelligence and technology ↗07Technology accessBuilding now+
Mission-focused pathways that help organizations explore useful weather, crop and decision-support tools.
Explore technology access ↗08Research & educationBuilding now+
Research partnerships, methods, validation, learning and opportunities to connect academic knowledge with food-system needs.
Explore research partnerships ↗09Skills for Food Security Service CorpsBuilding now · intake available+
Remote, skills-first service connecting professional knowledge, research, outreach, mentoring and eligible community service with mission needs.
Explore the Service Corps ↗Portfolio note: Oatmeal 4 Hope is paused/canceled. Pureza, grantmaking, expanded food-flow intelligence and other initiatives will be published only when their current boundaries are verified.
Why Food Aid Project exists
Built from practical experience inside the food market.
Food Aid Project began with a simple observation: nonprofit food buyers did not always have the same information, relationships and tools available to experienced commercial buyers.
The organization was created to transfer useful knowledge, improve access and help capable organizations make stronger procurement and transportation decisions.
Read the Food Aid Project story →Clear about our progress
See what is available now—and what is still being built.
Explore the work directly.
Open the public tools, view the map and see the four connected areas Food Aid Project is developing.
See current progress →Find the records in one place.
Review Food Aid Project’s nonprofit documents, governance information and fundraising commitments.
Review trust and transparency →Choose a path
Ways to Support This Work
Food Aid Project grows through people and organizations willing to share resources, knowledge and practical experience. Choose the path that fits you.