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The World Grows Enough Food to Feed Everyone Twice Over — So Why Are People Starving

Jennifer Weissmann Season 5 Episode 53

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Every day, your city throws away enough food to feed thousands. Israel said "not on our watch" – and built something incredible. ⭐ 5-star review in 5 seconds — it's the only way new listeners find this show.   While restaurants toss "expired" bread and hotels dump perfectly good banquet leftovers, Joseph Gitler and Leket Israel have created a food rescue empire that's quietly feeding 400,000 people every single week. We're talking surplus apples becoming applesauce, rejected vegetables becoming gourmet meals, and "waste" becoming wonder.  This isn't your typical charity story – it's a masterclass in logistics that Amazon would envy, an environmental genius that climate activists dream about, and dignity-preserving innovation that puts government programs to shame.

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