Couponing-- Research couponing and join couponing groups for tips and tricks on couponing for free food. Clip particularly good coupons and either use them to purchase food to donate/use or put the coupons themselves in public places, like community tables, billboards, and Little Free Libraries.

Doctor's Offices -- Many doctor's offices stock free samples of baby formula. Contact your pediatrician about donating/asking for baby formula if you need it.

Foraging - October can be tough for foraging in the US, but wild food sources do exist... and they're in cities too! Teach/learn how to harvest local resources safely. Connect with local foraging clubs for expert help, and this map for potential foraging sites. fallingfruit.org?gad_source=1...

Buy Nothing or Everything is Free groups on Facebook -- Search for a group in your area on Facebook, and join whichever group is most active in your area to offer or accept gifts of food to/from your neighbors.

Freecycle - Join a Freecycle group in your area to offer or accept gifts of food to/from your region. www.freecycle.org

Community Fridge-- take or leave perishable food. There are multiple organizations that make maps of these, or you can do an internet search for little free pantries in your community. Here's one map: freedge.org/locations/

Little Free Pantries-- take or leave nonperishable food at a community box near you. There are multiple organizations that make maps of these, or you can do an internet search for little free pantries in your community. Here's one map: mapping.littlefreepantry.org

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