National Food Recovery Evolution: MealConnect and Feeding America (WasteExpo Together Online 2021)

Launched in 2014, Feeding America’s MealConnect food rescue app has facilitated over 3.0 B pounds of donated food in communities across the country. COVID revealed an opportunity to evolve the tech platform to not only recover surplus from restaurants and grocers, but from growers and manufacturers, too. Learn how MealConnect has evolved to become a single donation platform for all food businesses, and how you can reduce food waste by partnering with Feeding America’s national network of 200 food banks.