Solving Hunger with Jasmine Crowe-Houston

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Today's History Story: We Must Stop These Deserts From Destroying Black Communities Hundreds of millions of people are going hungry across the world, a world that produces billionaires hording the globe's wealth. In the United States alone, food insecurity hits Black communities especially hard, depriving our people of a fundamental need that impacts every aspect of life. Hunger is a problem that desperately needs solving, and today's guest is going above and beyond to tackle this vital issue. Jasmine Crowe-Houston is an award-winning social entrepreneur who, after years of feeding people experiencing homelessness from her own kitchen, founded Goodr, a sustainable waste management and hunger relief company that leverages technology and logistics to help its partners reduce their food waste and provide meals to those in need. She has been featured on CNBC, Oprah Magazine, Forbes, Fast Co., New York Times, and named by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the top 100 influential female founders. She's also a children's book author who, in 2021, released her first children’s book, Everybody Eats, which focuses on character building and educating kids about food waste. To learn more about Jasmine and how to get involved in solving the food crisis, visit www.goodr.co. Black History Year (BHY) is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school and explore pathways to liberation with people who are leading the way. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The BHY production team includes Tareq Alani, Brooke Brown, Tasha Taylor, and Lilly Workneh. Our producers are Cydney Smith, Len Webb for PushBlack, and Ronald Younger, who also edits the show. Black History Year’s executive producer is Julian Walker. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you love Push Blacks Black History Year, you'll love our newest podcast called Two Minute
0:10.8	Black History.
0:12.3	In only two minutes, you'll hear little-known stories about our people and reclaim the
0:17.6	knowledge we need to take action and advance our community.
0:23.0	To move towards the future, you've got to look to the past.
0:27.2	Learn the history you didn't get in school.
0:29.4	Tune in to Two Minute Black History, every Tuesday through Friday, right on the Black
0:34.6	History Year feed, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:53.2	You've seen the info merchants, hundreds of millions across the globe are starving,
0:59.4	and while the US media paint a portrait of hunger being oceans away from America, the
1:04.8	truth is, millions are starving in our own backyard.
1:09.6	I'm Jay from Push Black, and you're listening to Black History Year.
1:15.2	Food insecurity is a bigger problem in this country, and our community than you may know.
1:22.0	One out of every four Black kids is affected by hunger, and eight out of ten of the top
1:27.8	US counties with high food insecurity rates are at least 60% Black.
1:35.1	What exactly is starving Black America, and what can we do about it?
1:40.6	The work of today's guests might be the answer.
1:44.8	Jasmine Crow Houston is an award-winning social entrepreneur and determined leader working
1:50.8	to make the world a better place, one cause at a time.
1:55.2	In 2017, after years of feeding people experiencing homelessness from her own kitchen, Jasmine
2:02.2	launched Gooder, a sustainable waste management and hunger relief company that leverages technology
2:09.0	and logistics to help its partners reduce their food waste and provide meals to those in
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