> Saving one starfish at a time is better than none Yes, sure but what I'm saying is that you're not saving the starfish at all! It's like you have thousands of thirsty starfish and instead of figuring out ways to put them back in the sea, we're focusing our efforts on Looney-tunes like water dropper contraptions for each individual starfish. And then patting ourselves on the back for it.
If I had to TL;DR my point: Food insecurity is an income problem, not a food problem. When we support food-based solutions to food insecurity, there's a strong perception that we're solving the problems when instead we're just bandaging up the dam. (There's also the issue of diverting resources away from income-based solutions but that's a weaker argument imo)
[1]: https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020/04/22/Food-Banks-Prop-Broken... [2]: https://broadview.org/food-banks-should-not-exist/ [3]: https://proof.utoronto.ca/food-insecurity/what-can-be-done-t...
Hello!I'm a senior student in uni looking for internships in the food waste/insecurity space. Organizations that I think are cool are: Shelf Engine [1]: offers a software to grocery retailers that helps them plan orders. What I like about them is that Shelf Engine buys back whatever perishables don't sell. Their business incentives line with environmental ones. mRelief [2]: an NPO that makes it...