Hunger isn’t about scarcity. It’s about access.

Lemontree started in June 2020 with a simple idea: no one should go hungry. When we learned that most people facing food insecurity don’t take the free food in their own neighborhood, we jumped into action.

What started as a local helpline has grown into a platform that now helps over 18,000 people navigate food assistance daily, across eleven regions. Since then, we’ve spoken with half a million families, evolving our tools based on their needs: reliable information; personalized support; and honest reviews to help others know what to expect.

We build alongside the people we serve and the partners who power the local safety net—from neighborhood pantries to national orgs. Everything we do is grounded in our belief that empathy, empowered by technology, can change the world.

We’ve grown far beyond that first helpline, but the core of the work has always been about surfacing our neighbor’s experiences to make things better. We believe that this listening, at scale, is the foundation of a smarter, more human food system–one built from the ground up.