Tech Solutions Related To UN SDG 2: Zero Hunger

Secure Food Solutions, Inc. (SFS) is developing rapid microbial tests and imaging systems to detect and enumerate dangerous pathogens that threaten food supply chains in the U.S. and around the world. SFS has developed a rapid microbial test platform that provides fast, simple, on-site detection and enumeration of dangerous bacteria like Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria, among other tools.

Fresh EBT is addressing food insecurity by making it easy and secure to check your food stamp balance on your phone. Free and available in English and Spanish.

Feeding America is a non-profit nationwide network of hunger-relief food banks. It provides food to more than 37 million people through 61,000 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters in communities across America. Feeding America also supports programs that improve food security among people; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people.

We are connecting the affected hospitality workforce with local non-profits to serve and provide hunger relief to communities. We are using the Shiftsmart platform to connect the volunteers, supporters and non-profits to deliver these essential functions all while providing basic incomes and food security for affected children and families.

Goodr provides a secure ledger that tracks an organization’s surplus food from pickup to donation, delivering real-time social and environmental impact reporting analytics. Goodr's model aims to provide a triple-win solution by improving an organization’s bottom line through charitable tax donations, reducing its greenhouse emissions from landfills and providing surplus food to local communities.

Access to enough food should be a basic right. Unfortunately, this is not the reality for millions of people in Los Angeles County. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, up to 1.4 million people in Los Angeles County faced food insecurity. Food insecurity is inconsistent with access to cheap and nutritious food. Los Angeles has the highest percentage of food insecurity in the nation.

Made for food banks by a food bank. With Fenly, food banks, food pantries, and other anti-hunger nonprofits are able to raise funds with the help of people like you! By donating, setting up a fundraiser, or creating a virtual food drive, you will be able to contribute to the important mission of making sure no one goes hungry in our communities.

412 Food Rescue is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending hunger by organizing volunteers to deliver surplus food to insecure communities instead of landfills. Since its creation in 2015, the organization has redistributed over three million pounds of food through the use of its mobile application, Food Rescue Hero. They are currently rolling out the app nationwide.

The Interactive Food Buying Guide allows for users to easily search and navigate through the tool, compare food items, create a favorite foods list, access recipes, make a shopping list to assist in purchasing food, and determine the meal pattern contribution for food items.

Food for All is a marketplace for surplus food, designed to make sure delicious meals are tasted, not wasted. Restaurants post surplus meals on our app at 50% off for pickup during designated times, often an hour before close. As 40% of the food produced in the U.S. is wasted, our mission is to further the zero food waste movement by rewarding businesses and people that take care of our planet.