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Goodr Dishes Out Advice on Creating a Startup that is Sustainable & Employee Friendly

July 13, 2022

Jasmine Crowe set out to change how communities eat. Since launching Atlanta-based Goodr in 2017 as a sustainable surplus food management platform, she’s become known for her external work helping connect people with food, creating community food banks, and tackling the logistical challenges that create hunger. Hypepotamus

 

Jasmine Crowe’s Goodr Raises $8M To Continue Its Mission Of Fighting Hunger With The Help Of Technology

June 27, 2022

Goodr’s mission is growing even bigger. AfroTech

 

Gunna Opens Free Grocery Store in Former Atlanta Middle School

February 2, 2022

Gunna teamed up with sustainable food waste management and hunger relief company Goodr to open a free grocery store at his former middle school. Billboard

 

Startup Founders From HBCUs Overcome Funding Challenges With Grit, Determination

February 2, 2022

Goodr founder Jasmine Crowe was pitching her startup, which works to end food waste, to an investor when she mentioned that she attended an HBCU, or a historically black college and university. There are more than 100 educational institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as HBCUs, including Howard University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Florida A&M University, to name a few. But instead of asking which HBCU, the investor didn’t seem to understand what an HBCU was. “They said, ‘Oh where is that at?’ Not even understanding that HBCUs were a lot of schools,” said Crowe, who graduated from North Carolina Central University. “I think that alone is one of the issues right there—a lot of times there’s just no understanding of what an HBCU is.” Crunchbase News

 

After Opening A Free Grocery Store For Students, Goodr CEO Jasmine Crowe Does The Same For Seniors

February 2, 2022

Goodr may be on everyone’s radar thanks to rapper Gunna’s partnership with the food insecurity nonprofit but none of it would be possible without the singular vision of founder Jasmine Crowe. In a recent op-ed for Newsweek, Crowe explained why she continues her mission and is now offering a “free grocery store” for seniors. AfroTech

 

‘We Opened a Free Grocery Store for Seniors’

January 26, 2022

“When we opened a free grocery store at the rapper Gunna’s old middle school in September 2021, we already had the goal of opening more. So we began thinking about who else could benefit and what other population has the greatest need. We knew from my work with seniors that a lot are experiencing food insecurity. I personally have been working with seniors for 10 years; providing food in senior homes and buying groceries for individuals myself.” Newsweek

 

2022 Waste360 40 Under 40 Winners

January 18, 2022

Jasmine Crowe was named one of Waste360’s 2022 40 Under 40 Winners! Waste360

 

10 Startups Addressing Food Waste and Hunger

January 18, 2022

GoodrCo. takes local produce and gives it back to the community to directly fight local hunger. Not only do they pick up edible food waste from businesses and donate it to local nonprofits, they also partner with organic waste haulers to ensure that items that can’t be eaten are properly disposed of. Overall, they’ve stopped nearly 3 million pounds of food from being dumped in the landfill. Startup Savant

 

Here Are The Top Food Tech And Sustainability Predictions For 2022

January 10, 2022

Food rescue company Goodr uses proprietary technology and data to match food surplus to those in need. The company addresses the supply chain for surplus food, and they count the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as a client. Forbes

 

‘Hunger isn’t a scarcity issue’: This startup diverts excess food from executive dining rooms to hungry people

December 20, 2021

Each year, billions of pounds of food — from barely bruised fruit to uneaten gourmet lunches intended for executive dining rooms — go to waste in the U.S. As that refuse rots in landfills, some 38 million people face hunger in this country each year, according to Feeding America, a nonprofit network of food banks and food pantries across the country. That problem only intensified when COVID-19 forced many people out of jobs and raised costs of medical care and child care for others, taking a big toll on grocery budgets. So it has taken outside-the-lunchbox thinking of entrepreneurs like Atlanta-based Jasmine Crowe and her benefit corporation, or B Corp., Goodr, to provide the speedy technological link and new thinking to more efficiently tap sources of food waste: corporations, grocery retailers and facilities such as airports. MarketWatch

 

Atlanta Hawks recognize Goodr founder in ‘Forever 404’ series

December 3, 2021

Prior to Friday night’s Atlanta Hawks game, the Hawks announced Jasmine Crowe, Founder and CEO of Goodr, an Atlanta-based social impact startup leveraging technology to reduce food waste and end hunger, as the second recipient of the ‘Forever 404 Honors presented by Sharecare.’ WSBTV

 

11 Black female founders who’ve raised more than $25 million in funding share the books that helped them navigate the VC landscape

November 14, 2021

Books are valuable resources for entrepreneurs as they provide worthwhile lessons on topics such as building a business, managing employees, and even fundraising. Shanea Leven, co-founder of CodeSee, Tiffany Dufu, founder of The Cru, Courtney Caldwell, co-founder of ShearShare, and Jasmine Crowe, founder of Goodr, shared the books that helped them navigate the VC landscape and raise over $25M in funding. Business Insider

 

Entrepreneurial Winning Women North America Class of 2021

November 10, 2021

Congratulations to Jasmine Crowe, founder of Goodr, and Christine Tao and Lori Mazan, co-founders of Sounding Board, for being among the 27 EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women that make up the North America Class of 2021! EY

 

How Goodr x Porsche Are Giving Back To Atlanta This Season

November 8, 2021

Joining forces again this year, Porsche Cars North America and Atlanta-based social impact startup Goodr are working together to end hunger and food insecurity and reduce food waste during the pandemic. The Atlantan

 

Food-Waste Startups Attract Funding as Grocers, Others Go Green

November 3, 2021

Startups and venture-capital firms see potential in an unlikely place: food waste. About 30% to 40% of food in the U.S. is thrown away, according to government estimates. Startups aiming to reduce this waste are attracting more interest as grocery retailers and other companies dealing with excess food are expanding their environmental, social and governance efforts, which could get a jolt from the climate summit taking place in Glasgow…. Capital One Ventures made a seed investment of an undisclosed amount into food-waste startup Goodr Inc. last year. Wall Street Journal

 

Meet Jasmine Crowe, The Woman Behind Gunna’s Free Grocery Store Who’s Ensuring ‘Everybody Eats’

October 12, 2021

When working toward tackling a national epidemic, the status quo has to be turned upside down and Goodr — an Atlanta-based food waste startup — thrives on creating tech innovations that disrupts the traditional way of solving hunger. AfroTech

 

Rapper Gunna Partners With Goodr To Open Free Grocery Store In Atlanta Middle School

September 21, 2021

Hip-hop artist Gunna and Goodr have partnered to set up a free grocery store inside of Ronald McNair Middle School. It is a part of the Gunna’s Drip Closet and Goodr Grocery Store to provide for students and families in need. Essence

 

Jasmine Crowe: What Can We Do To Tackle Food Waste And Hunger?

September 3, 2021

Social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe has one mission: feed more, waste less. Her company Goodr is tackling food waste and getting food to those who need it most. TED Radio Hour

 

Jasmine Crowe’s TED talk

December 6, 2019

What we’re getting wrong in the fight to end hunger. TED

 

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