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Goodr uses technology to connect those in need to surplus food

By Leoneda Inge,

Published January 23, 2024 at 12:01 PM EST

Every year, the United States discards more food than any other country in the world: nearly 60 million tons — or 120 billion pounds. That’s estimated to be almost 40 percent of the entire US food supply, and equates to 325 pounds of waste per person.

One Atlanta-based social entrepreneur has found innovative ways to connect more people in need to that surplus food before it’s discarded. Her startup, Goodr, is a food-waste management company that connects those in need with leftover food and resources from restaurants and businesses.

Guest

Jasmine Crowe-Houston, founder and C-E-O of Goodr

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Stacia Brown

Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as WUNC’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for WUNC's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.

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