Red Emma’s Community Fridge

Red Emma's Community Fridge operates out of Red Emma's, a worker-owned cooperative bookstore, cafe, and community events space located in the Waverly/Abell neighborhood of Baltimore. The community fridge provides free access to fresh and packaged food items, complementing Red Emma's broader resource center that includes clothing and hygiene supplies. As part of a worker-operated cooperative founded in 2004, Red Emma's leverages its cafe operations to stock the fridge with surplus food while serving as an accessible community hub that actively fights food insecurity.