Food Waste in the US

Homelessness is a big issue in the United States and getting them meals is an even bigger issue. The group presentation for a nonprofit organization called 901 Eats focuses on the problem of food waste in America. The objective of 901 Eats is to stop food waste or help prevent it by donating leftover food to food banks and homeless shelters. The main target area as of right now is the Memphis-Metropolitan area because there are a lot of homeless people in Memphis who are living out on the streets. To help accomplish their objective, 901 Eats wants to partner with local businesses or restaurants to compromise on times when a food truck can come by and pick up any food that is expiring soon or unsold food that they may throw out. The truck would then transport the food to shelters across the city and then prepare it for homeless people who are in need of a meal.The nonprofit organization, 901 Eats, want to get volunteers to help come out can collect the food. They are not pushing the idea of volunteers because they understand that some people are too busy to volunteer. They also encourage people to donate. I loved that they have two ways in which people can donate. Firstly, one can donate simply by going to their website, and the other ways is simply by going out to eat. Yes, I said by going out to eat. 901 Eats will give out coupons to people, and they can use these coupons at any supporting restaurants. When paying for their meal, 15% of the money that they pay for their meal goes to the organization which is such a great idea! Americans love to eat so giving them this opportunity will not only bring more awareness to the issue, but it will prompt more people to participate because they are not only enjoying a meal but they are giving to a great cause. Who doesn't love a two for one deal!? An organization such is this is such a wonderful idea, and I would personally love to support or volunteer for a cause like this! Everyone in the group did a wonderful job both collectively and individually. They were able to answer questions and explain their reasoning behind doing certain things a certain way. I also think that the visual representation shown in the presentation such as the video about how much food people waste in a day was a great aid because it really brought things into perspective for me. I always knew that we, as Americans, do waste a lot of food, but I did not really pay that much attention to it until I saw this presentation; with that being said, this presentation did an amazing job bringing awareness to the matter, so job well done!