The Good Kitchen provides funding, businesses support, and mentorship to social enterprises that are working to address “food poverty.” This businesses accelerator was launched in 2016, as an initiative of the KellyDeli Foundation, and is currently working with the first round of five startups to help their innovations reach the market.
Social Entrepreneurs
Surviving the Drought with Jamaican Farmer Field Schools
Since winning the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition’s YES! Competition last year, Shaneica Lester and Anne-Teresa Birthwright now run a knowledge transfer project for small-scale farmers in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Lester and Birthwright’s program, which focuses on irrigation conservation…
Australian Fair Food Forum: Australia’s Online Destination for Food Enterprises
Australia’s Fair Food Forum is an online ‘go to’ destination for organizations and individuals to easily connect, learn from and share knowledge with others in the fair food movement.
Eat Well Global: “We need to communicate”
At Eat Well Global, healthy eating is the motivating factor for bringing together food producers and consumers. As a registered dietitian with a background in communication, Julie Meyer co-founded Eat Well Global to facilitate communication between food businesses and consumers.
BlueCart Uses Efficient Supply Chains to Cut Food Waste
Food Tank spoke with Konstantin Zvereff and Jag Bansal, the co-founders of BlueCart, to talk about this mobile and web-based platform for wholesale food purchase. After noticing that their users were leveraging supply chain efficiency to reduce their own food waste, BlueCart has launched an initiative called Zero Waste Kitchen to promote sustainable practices in the kitchen.
Maker Faire Bay Area: Engaging All Ages in Food Innovation
Food Tank spoke with Chiara Checchini of the Food Future Institute about the upcoming Maker Faire Bay Area event. This interactive event brings together fifteen food entrepreneurs to give attendees a hands on experience with food innovation. This family-friendly event is designed to engage attendees of all ages in the creative solutions to major challenges in the food system.
20 Food Leaders Under 40
Whether they are combatting food waste, training the next generation of young farmers, or using media to capture the impacts of food production, these 20 food heroes are under 40 and actively shaking up today’s global and local food systems.
WANDA: Crossing Geographies And Generations To Unveil Hidden Food Heroes
As part of Black History Month, Tambra Raye Stevenson, Founder and CEO of Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture (WANDA), discusses how they are crossing continents to create a new generation of women and girl leaders from farm to fork.
First-Ever School Food Item Created By Youth-Run Business in West Philadelphia
Youth-run Rebel Ventures have spent the last 18 months developing Rebel Crumbles, which is now being served across all 235 public schools in Philadelphia. Meet the team behind the first-ever school product made by kids, with kids, and for kids.
New York’s Dynamic Duo Leads the Food Waste Fight with Transfernation
Samir and Hannah started as two college students with an idea—now, the duo leads the fight against food waste for events across New York City, rescuing tens of thousands of pounds of food annually. Learn more about their story and future plans in this exclusive interview with Food Tank.
