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Y Combinator Cast

06/20/14

@ Y Combinator

Many food banks, like Feeding America and City Harvest, face budgetary limitations that hinder their ability to pick up excess food from vendors, resulting in waste.

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06/20/14

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Y Combinator Cast

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Currently, we're personally reaching out to local food vendors to sign them up for our service, leveraging relationships with food waste consultants.

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We're building a marketplace that allows vendors to sell excess food inventory at a discount to users willing to buy it.

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Food assistance programs should not allow unhealthy food purchases, especially for children who lack control over their diets.

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In a famine, governments often destabilize, appropriating food from farmers, which leads to a cycle of poverty and crop failure.

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We need to address the issues of food insecurity and the lack of access to healthy food in America, as it's a fundamental problem that affects everyone regardless of their background.

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We can clean up the food industry by stopping harmful subsidies and potentially introducing regulations that limit access to unhealthy food through assistance programs.