This TED Talk features anti-hunger activist and social entrepreneur Jasmine Crow, recorded live at TED Women 2019.

In June of 2017, I volunteered with a group at a local food pantry on the south side of my home city in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a Friday afternoon

the day of their weekly food giveaway. And as I drove up, I saw people beginning to arrive,

many with their rolling carts in tow prepared to receive their food supply for the week.

As I was walking in the door, there were about 40 people outside waiting in line,

and I was so excited because there are very few things I enjoy more than giving back.

But then, as I entered the room where the volunteer meeting was taking place, I immediately

realized we weren't about to give these people any real meals. We were essentially just giving

them food.

I took my place on the assembly line where, get this,

I was in charge of making sure that the Weight Watchers' ding-dongs made it into every family's bag.

As the bag started to come around,

I'm thinking to myself, what on earth are we doing here?

Each bag contained two 20-ounce diets and apples,

a gallon of barbecue sauce,

a bag of kettle potato chips,

a box of superhero-shaped,

vegetable-enriched macaroni noodles,

a box of Belvedo breakfast bars,

a can of refried beans,

a can of sweet peas, a miniature can of corn,

I can't forget about those ding-dongs, and French-fried green onions, you know the kind that

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