Jasmine Crowe-Houston is a social entrepreneur and founder of Goodr.co. Jasmine started her journey cooking soul food for hungry unhoused people in her kitchen in her one-bedroom apartment in Atlanta. She fed upwards of 500 people a week for years with pop-up kitchens and parks and parking lots.<\/p>\n
Then in 2017, she founded Goodr<\/a>, a technology-based food waste management company that connects firms with food surpluses to nonprofit organizations that can use the food.<\/p>\n She has worked with organizations that have food waste issues, like the Atlanta International Airport, Hormel Foods, and Turner Broadcasting.<\/p>\n Today, Goodr has expanded nationwide and sponsors free grocery stores and schools. She has combined charity, innovation, and market-based solutions into a for-profit waste management company that Inc. Magazine called a rare triple win.<\/p>\n Our guest host this episode is Norbert Wilson of the World Food Policy Center. Their podcast is the Leading Voices in Food.<\/a><\/p>\n [Pictured: Norbert Wilson and Jasmine Crowe-Houston on Duke’s campus.]<\/em><\/p>\n