Podcast appearances and mentions of dana frasz

After returning from time volunteering in Mother Teresa’s mission in Thailand, Dana Frasz was shocked to see the amount of food being wasted on her college campus. She founded Empty Bellies, an award-winning system to fight waste and hunger. They collected leftover food from local businesses, campuses and events and donated the food to soup kitchens and communities in need. After graduation, she spent three years at Ashoka, the world’s largest network of social entrepreneurs. Eventually, she made her way to the Bay area, where she founded FoodShift. FoodShift is a social enterprise based in Oakland. Their goal is to reduce wasted food while alleviating hunger. FoodShift is attacking the problem on several fronts. They are buying imperfect produce that would otherwise go to waste, from local farmers. That keeps food waste out of landfills, reducing the greenhouse gasses in the process. They are opening the Alameda Kitchen to turn the food into meals, and in the process, creating jobs for some people who have had some bad breaks along the way. And, they are distributing prepared meals into areas where healthy food is hard to come by, places that are often referred to as food deserts. So, in the process, they reduce food waste, reduce greenhouse gasses, feed hungry people and create jobs. Key quotes from the interview: “We’re in a situation where 40% of all food produced is wasted, while 49 million Americans don’t have adequate access to food.” “Hunger alleviation programs in the US cost $168 billion.” “If food waste was a country, it would be the third highest greenhouse gas emitter on the planet, behind the United States and China.” “There’s a direct correlation between food waste and climate change.” Resources: eBook: Five Key Traits of Successful Social Entrepreneurs: http://tonyloyd.com/socent Try Audible and Receive Two Free Audiobooks: http://tonyloyd.com/books FoodShift: http://foodshift.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foodshift Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoodShift Dana Frasz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danafrasz

SPECIAL GUEST Dana Frasz of Food Shift delves with Keith into the shared frustration surrounding wasted food. In addition to the social, economic, and environmental implications, throwing out 40% of our nation's food is downright shameful in the face of 50 million food insecure Americans. Dana explains the unique approach of Food Shift to tackling this complex issue, and describes a potential win-win solution in the works.

Do you throw away food? Is your refrigerator a living lab experiment? On today's episode, we talk about the problems with food waste that affect not only your health and budget, but the world at large. You already know that we live our lives with more experiences than possessions, carefully evaluating what we bring into our lives. Food is no exception. Since we stopped stockpiling and started eating fresh, we've lost a combined 85 pounds / 38 kilos! Be sure to listen all the way to the end to find out our secret tip for not overeating or wasting food in a restaurant...brilliant in it's simplicity. We are joined today by Dana Frasz, the Founder and Director of Food Shift.  Food Shift's mission is to honor the value of people and our environment by ensuring all good food is eaten, not wasted. From New York to California Dana has been working on this issue for over a decade and we're delighted to chat with her about how food waste is affecting all of us.

There are major changes coming to local food systems and how we source and consume food. Wasted food is a major economic and ecological problem, being addressed by many groups including Dana Frasz’ new non-profit Food Shift which is working to develop partnerships with local restaurants, hospitals, catering companies and food service organizations to preserve and distribute the 40% of … Read more about this episode...