AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Zero Hunger, Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
food waste, food programs, food shortage
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Cheetah
WEBSITE
https://www.gocheetah.com/foodgiving/
The #foodgiving movement
stocking mobile fridges with food and inviting anyone hungry to take what they need at no costs
This grocery startup is placing fully stocked fridges of free food around the Bay Area
Cheetah usually gives its expiring food to food banks, but its been inspired by mutual aid projects in New York to also start delivering groceries to a network of street fridges that anyone in need can take advantage of.
#FoodGiving Campaign was inspired by the community fridges that have popped up in New York City during the pandemic. Refrigerators full of free food have appeared on streets from Brooklyn to the Bronx, a neighborhood mutual aid solution to food insecurity, which has only gotten worse throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.