Where Fine Dining Meets Philanthropy: Rethinking Our Food Systems to End Hunger

How Can We Feed the World Using What We Already Have?

There is no reason for anyone to go hungry. And Matt Jozwiak of Rethink Food is on a mission to prove it. By partnering with top restaurants and small businesses around the United States, Rethink is creating a new model to end food insecurity. From their home base in New York City, Rethink funnels donations and resources to restaurants who then create meals for those in need and they have already served millions of meals through their Rethink Certified program. Rethink shows us what's possible when we take what we already have and maximize the potential good we can do. Listen for ways you can become part of the mission to end hunger in the United States and around the world.

What you can do today

  • Learn more, donate, and get involved at rethinkfood.org

  • Follow the Rethink mission on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter

  • Get involved with your local community centers

  • Make a commitment to contribute your time, donations, or resources like food and other items to help solve food insecurity locally wherever you are

  • If you live in a city where Rethinks is operating (NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, Nashville, and more) go visit a Rethink Certified restaurant and tell them about your support of the program. Tell others in your community about these amazing programs - spread the word!

Challenge

  • Commit to getting involved with food insecurity directly in your community. Seek out local community centers and offer your time as a volunteer, your financial support, or other resources like food. Get closer to the problem so that you can understand how to build the solution where you are.

Resources

  • Quick glance at the food insecurity situation on the ground in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Detailed Food Policy Report highlighting the NYC communities impacted by food insecurity during COVID-19 and some of the support programs in place

  • The Eleven Madison Truck, operated by Eleven Madison Park in partnership with Rethink Food, which serves meals to New Yorkers in need

  • Bloomberg article highlighting the Rethink Certified program and the financial support given to 20 initial small businesses who are cooking meals for the food insecure

  • Nashville article focused on the partnership between chef Sean Brock’s Audrey restaurant and Rethink Food

  • April, 2020 TimeOut article sharing the story of the early COVID-related partnership between Eleven Madison Park and Rethink Food

  • San Francisco article telling the story of 3-star Michelin chef Dominique Crenn and her decision to convert one of her restaurants into a service kitchen to cook for the food insecure with support from Rethink

  • Business Wire article highlighting the Rethink Certified program

Where Fine Dining Meets Philanthropy: Building a New Food System to End Hunger

Ensuring that nobody goes hungry with Matt Jozwiak, founder and CEO of Rethink Food

Nathan Gardner