Jasmine Crowe had been hosting formal pop-up dinners for Atlanta's homeless for several years when a video of her pop-up restaurants went viral in 2016 and people began asking, 'who donated the food?' And the truth was -- nobody. She was taking volunteer donations and sometimes spending her own money to offer five-course meals for 300-500 people in pop-up restaurants in parking lots. In 2017, Crowe created Goodr to collect excess food from people who have it and give it freely to those who don't. Nearly 80 billion pounds of good food is wasted each year in the United States, she says, so hunger is a logistical problem, not a problem of scarcity. Goodr collects excess food from restaurants, airports and sports teams, and uses it to feed the hungry. Inedible food is composted. They also create pop-up grocery stores in schools and seniors' homes. "We're gonna keep on thinking about how we are solving hunger in this country," she says.
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