Tackling Food Poverty with Rescued Rations: Social Business Founders Seki Yoshimi & Kikuhara Misato
Show: RISING --> Season: 8 - 2022
AirDate: 7/27/2022
Runtime: 28
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Overview: Since the Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011, Japan's market for emergency rations has skyrocketed. However, once purchased, most homes and workplaces forget about such supplies until their use-by date approaches, and they are ultimately thrown away. Yokohama college students Seki Yoshimi and Kikuhara Misato launched a social business that avoids such waste by leveraging these resources to tackle burgeoning food poverty that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.