New App Will Help Fight Hunger in San Diego County [kpbs.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 11/8/197:11 AM

By Priya Sridhar, KPBS, November 5, 2019

Each night, as many as 12% of San Diego County residents go to bed hungry. Meanwhile, 40% of food in our county is thrown away every day, according to Feeding San Diego, a local nonprofit dedicated to solving hunger and ending food waste.

The organization launched a new app Tuesday called MealConnect that provides a platform for restaurants, hotels and caterers to offer up their excess food to one of 170 local organizations that feed the hungry.

"The next wave of hunger relief is going to be rescuing food from irregular food donors," said Vince Hall, CEO of Feeding San Diego. "From restaurants, from caterers, from hotels, from others who don't have enough food to give every single day, but they have a lot of food when you look at it on an annualized basis."

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Monica BhagwanMember

One of the things that I look for in an Anti Hunger strategy is whether it provides dignity to the people who are receiving the food. I worry that the food waste reduction/food rescue programs neglect the end user experience. I would love to know if this strategy thinks of that. Having seen what the food looks like when it arrives at clients doorsteps, the product isn't always what is needed, desired or appealing.

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