Live Pitch Finalist: York Empowerment Shop (YES!)
Addressing food insecurity and workforce training in our community
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Addressing food insecurity and workforce training in our community
Recovering surplus food and using it to create healthy meals in a culinary job training program for those facing barriers to employment
The York Empowerment Shop (YES!), pitched by Douglas Knight, addresses two challenges facing our community - food insecurity and workforce training. The social enterprise engine will recover surplus food from restaurants, grocery stores, food manufacturers, caterers, farms, and other food businesses, and use it to create healthy, ready-to-eat meals made by members of a culinary job training program built for those with high barriers to employment. The meals will be distributed to community members in need.
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