About the people
What was Jane from UC Berkley doing with her mom to find food at the beginning of COVID?
Dumpster diving for unopened food behind their apartment complex
Do we live in a food-scarce or food-abundant world?
Food scarce (but not because of not enough food being grown).
How long did it take for Farmlink to move 1 million lbs of food?
3 Weeks!
What food was used to demo the trend in food waste and why it was thrown out?
Tomatoes
What country was the volunteer Luis born in? (was singing opera)
Mexico
What did large food donation organizations say to students when they asked how they could help?
-You cannot help
-Focus on school and stay safely in your house
-Let adults handle it
When called, how many farmers claimed they "didn't have surplus food" to help the Farmlink movement?
75 farmers
We are growing enough food to feed the population __ over?
2 times
Where was Mike Meyers farm located? (The first one to help farmlink)
Texas
Name 2 parts of the supply chain during which food can go to waste/go bad?
-In the field
-In initial transport
-On route to grocery store
-At store/pantry
# of Americans without access to consistent food?
37 million
What image mentioned at the beginning motivated one of the Farmlink founders?
Pittsburgh food bank with a huge car line that had to be turned away.
Number of students and volunteers that worked in Farmlink through COVID?
-600 students
-4000 volunteers
How much CO2 was saved from entering the atmosphere and contributing to CC?
178,000 metric tons
During COVID, how many total pounds of food were saved? (within +/- 1 million)
16 million lbs
What was the first news coverage that Farmlink appeared on?
ABC World News Tonight
On May 5th was the first large-scale food delivery. How much food did the volunteers deliver that day?
~50,800 lbs
Did the end of the pandemic mean an end to Farmlink? Why or why not?
-No, because food surplus didn't just disappear. Still farms and food banks to be connected, just on a less time-sensitive scale.
In the first 2 years, how much food was delivered?
100 million lbs food!
Percent of perfectly nutritious food that goes to waste in US?
30-40%