The delicious potential of rescuing wasted food | Jasmine Crowe-Houston

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4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

What if solving hunger isn't about growing more food but wasting less of it? Social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe-Houston has made that idea her mission with Goodr, a platform that reroutes surplus food to people in need. In conversation with journalist and "TED Radio Hour" host Manoush Zomorodi, she shares how a viral moment led to a nationwide effort to fix the food waste problem. After the talk, Modupe talks about how knowing how to diagnose a problem is a valuable skill -- and why it's worth zooming out looking at the big picture.

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