Episode 162: Beyond the Warehouse: Rethinking Distribution in the Fight Against Hunger
About the Podcast
Join us with Andrew Kimpel as we tackle food waste, fight hunger, and rethink how we nourish our communities. Millions face hunger in the US, yet tons of food gets wasted. Dive deep into the complexities of food banks, exploring challenges like short shelf life and distribution hurdles.
About Andrew Kimpel
Andrew Kimpel has been involved in global supply chains in a wide variety of industries for over 43 years. He has been involved with managing and designing supply chain tools and techniques for everything from Kleenex to high-tech electronics, union and non-union operations, custom job shop and continuous flow manufacturing.
Discussion Takeaways
- The biggest challenge for the food banking system is the supply chain imbalance. It creates problems in accepting produce.
- The way to get the food to somebody faster is to partner with retailers. Retailers can use technology to contribute to the food bank networks.
- The most frustrating part for Andrew is that people are figuring out how to bring material in from other countries while throwing out the stuff that is growing in their own country.
- Food dignity is helping people out of an uncomfortable situation. The help of retailers is one of the many solutions to alleviate the pressure at the food banks.
#1 tip to improve access to healthy food
Local farmers, the backbone of our society, want their produce on tables, not wasted. It's frustrating to import food while our own crops are discarded.
Each week on the Food Dignity® Podcast, the Food Dignity® Movement's Clancy Harrison hosts a wide variety of hunger experts and other people making changes on the frontlines. Join us as we dive deep into conversations that will change the way you think about food insecurity.
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