Episode 232: Reimagining Food Access with Plentiful
About the Podcast
Today, Clancy speaks with Catherine Compitello, CEO of Plentiful, a digital platform helping millions of people access food with dignity. You won’t want to miss their conversation about how technology can transform the charitable food system, give food pantries a stronger voice, and make it easier for families to find help when they need it.
About Catherine Compitello
Catherine Compitello leads the strategic vision, partnerships, and funding efforts for Plentiful, ensuring the successful execution and scaling of human-centered food access solutions. Under her leadership, Plentiful has grown into a nationally recognized tool serving millions of food-insecure individuals across the United States.
Discussion Takeaways
- Plentiful is a nonprofit tech platform designed to make food access faster, easier, and more dignified for people experiencing food insecurity.
- Food pantries use Plentiful to streamline check-ins, message clients, and track data through a connected system that improves communication and saves time.
- Feeding people is never the wrong answer. The problem of food insecurity does not need to exist.
- Food is a very personal thing. People should not just ask that everyone follow the same, take what they are getting, and be grateful.
- Food dignity means putting power and choice in the hands of people who are food insecure, ensuring that access to food is accurate, respectful, and free from shame.
#1 tip to improve access to healthy food
Food insecurity is rarely the only struggle — it’s often the result of hard choices between rent, childcare, healthcare, and survival. The real impact comes from saving people time and easing that burden.
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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