Six billion pounds of produce are wasted each year due to cosmetic imperfections and logistic inefficiencies, according to Hungry Harvest CEO Evan Lutz. This 23-year old had a vision that no food should go to waste and no people should go hungry after seeing extreme poverty in area of Baltimore.
For the past year and a half, Hungry Harvest has been selling bags of “ugly” but perfectly edible fruits and vegetables directly to the doors of people in the Maryland, Virginia, D.C. and Philadelphia communities. For every bag sold, Hungry Harvest donates food to people in need.
This service allows consumers to select from recovered, organic, and all-fruit harvests for a starting price of $15 per shopping bag, and personalize the bag to fit their lifestyle as well as receive free delivery.
To date, 600,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables have been recovered and donated. This start-up company has yet to make a profit but Lutz recently gained notoriety for his organization on Shark Tank where he received a $100,000 offer from celebrity investor and business owner Robert Herjavec for a 10 percent stake in his company — double what he had asked for.
It’s wonderful to see how a young, millennial can take his vision of helping to feed the hungry and make it a reality by reselling produce that would have gone to waste.
Written by Heidi McIntyre
Managing Partner
Heidi@FullTiltMarketing.net
