412 Food Rescue
As their product and design lead, I collaborated with the engineering team and created an iOS and Android mobile app design that reflects the Food Rescue Hero process for mobilizing volunteers to transport surplus food to those who can use it.
The Food Rescue Hero app addresses the logistical challenges of food rescue through community-powered networks. Volunteer drivers are alerted when surplus food is available to be picked up near them. Since its launch in 2016*, the app has redirected more than 8.6 million pounds of perfectly good food from landfills to the people who need it.
Food Rescue Hero was developed and launched in Pittsburgh and is now being used by hunger relief and food rescue groups in Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Northern Virginia, Los Angeles, Vancouver, and more. In support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, our goal for Food Rescue Hero is to implement technology in 100 cities by 2030.
Update: The 412 Food Rescue heroes have since rescued over 100 million pounds of food as of Summer 2022
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