On the TechVancouver stage ×1
First seen on the TechVancouver stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Jessica ↗
In their words
we waste almost 40% of the food that we grow and this is at a time when we have growing food insecurity
there's not so much a food shortage problem there's a distribution and connection problem
be very clear on the problem that you're trying to solve and what problems you are not trying to solve you can't be all things to all people
Around the web ×1
Quick answers
What is FoodMesh?
A Vancouver platform that matches surplus food with buyers and charities who can use it, plus managed diversion services and municipal food-recovery networks. It takes a transaction fee on discounted food and licenses enterprise software to companies with steady surplus.
What did Jessica Pautsch learn in FoodMesh's first year?
That matchmaking alone was not enough. A cheese maker's 600-kilo pallets were the wrong size for charities that wanted ten kilos each, so the company had to become a logistics platform too — storage and transport — not just a marketplace.
What had FoodMesh achieved by her TechVancouver talk?
Nine months old, with more than 60,000 kilos of food rescued and over 50,000 meals provided (TechVancouver stage 2017-02-17). By 2018 the Clean50 citation put it at 40-plus tons of food diverted and $720,000 saved.