Hungry Harvest
| Motto | "No Produce Left Behind" |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Evan Lutz |
| Founded at | University of Maryland |
| Focus | Food rescue, Food waste, Hunger in the United States |
| Headquarters | Baltimore |
Area served | Maryland, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Virginia |
Employees | 13 |
| Website | www |
Hungry Harvest is a Baltimore-based for-profit social enterprise that delivers recovered produce. Created in 2014, the company currently serves Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, and Philadelphia.[1] Hungry Harvest is part of the "ugly produce movement."[2]
For every delivery that is made, Hungry Harvest donates or subsidizes produce for food insecure communities in the mid-Atlantic region.
History
It was co-founded in 2014 by then Maryland School of Business student Evan Lutz. He began selling bags of produce to students through the Food Recovery Network, a national nonprofit launched at the University of Maryland to divert food waste from college campuses to feed the hungry.[3]
As of autumn of 2016, the company recovered over 1 million lbs of produce and partnered with Philabundance, the area's largest non-profit food bank, to donate their surplus produce.[4]
Goals
According to their website, Hungry Harvest's mission is to eliminate food waste and hunger in the U.S.[5]
Programs
As nearly 1 million people in its nearby service area are food insecure, Hungry Harvest donates or subsidizes produce for every box delivered. They work with organizations such as Manna Food Center, which serves over 40,000 people per year.[6]
Montgomery County recognized Hungry Harvest for providing "employment opportunities to ex-offenders and those experiencing homelessness, and work with the Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center to ensure workers have the necessary support services, such as transportation." [7]
News
In 2016, Hungry Harvest received an investment of $100,000 from Robert Herjavec of Shark Tank.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Home". Hungry Harvest. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ↑ Pipkin, Whitney. "Why entrepreneurs are suddenly finding the beauty in ugly produce", Washington Post, 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Pipkin, Whitney. "Why entrepreneurs are suddenly finding the beauty in ugly produce", Washington Post, 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Edwards, Tamala. "Hungry Harvest Helps the Needy by Delivering Discounted Produce to Our Door", ABC, 1 November 2016.
- ↑ "About Us". Hungry Harvest. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ↑ http://www.mannafood.org/who-we-are/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.howardcountymd.gov/News/ArticleID/504/News061016. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Britto, Brittany. "Ugly Fruit Is Ripe For A Close-Up, As 'Shark Tank' Takes On Food Waste'", NPR, 8 January 2016.
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