Food Bridge – A Smart Food Redistribution and Waste Reduction System

This project is a digital food redistribution platform called Food Bridge, developed to reduce food waste and improve food distribution by connecting food suppliers with needy institutions such as orphanages and old age homes. The system includes four main users: Admin, Food Supplier, Volunteer, and Consumer. Food suppliers can register and add surplus food details, consumers can browse available food and place orders, volunteers help with pickup and delivery, and the admin manages approvals, monitoring, and overall system control. The platform supports both free and paid food options, along with payment integration, OTP verification, notifications, and automatic volunteer assignment. It is developed using Next.js for the frontend and Node.js for the backend, with a database to manage users, food listings, orders, payments, and activity history. Overall, the system provides a structured, secure, and socially beneficial solution for reducing edible food waste and helping communities in need.