It'd be nice if there was a public API that could be used to make the data available to people that really need food but don't have an iPhone.

My thought exactly, as a food exchange for well to do people this is a neat concept and all(especially with people who garden), but if people who actually NEED the food are able to use it (people who probably don't have iPhones) to get food that would otherwise be wasted then this app transforms into something life changing.

It goes from nice little app for people to waste a little less food or save a few bucks which they will spend at Starbucks or whatever, to an app that feeds people who would go hungry in a way that requires very little effort or cost to the person with extra food.

That's a reason to support a project that puts smartphone productivity into the hands of everyone; something like FirefoxOS perhaps: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/

you can share your items with your friends on social networks (facebook and twitter).

that's some fantastic leveling. thank you for that.