SIGCSE 2018 POSSE Roundup/FoodBankNotes

Latest revision as of 16:10, 13 November 2021

POSSE Roundup Foodbank Subgroup Group Members: Karl, Greg, Amy, Terry, Josh, Scott, Gina, Monisha, Lori, Darci

Foodbank HFOSS Projects https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_NxM6CWqeDzjty3sB1UmKhoqgBKkQX5MGsfpjPTeiME/edit?usp=sharing

Link to project evaluation activity: http://www.foss2serve.org/index.php/Project_Evaluation_(Activity) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_viknMy-LAtQ-LL3MhusIpwwSAaV7j9xbQmdMsQC6fc/edit?usp=sharing

https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/Food-for-Good

UDel students facilitating distribution of local produce to SNAP recipients https://www.cas.udel.edu/news/Pages/Imported/food-bank-csa.aspx

Foodsaver app - https://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/foodkeeperapp/index.html

Umbrella organizations for food banks http://www.feedingamerica.org/

Definitions: Food bank - warehouse that stores the food Food pantry - distributes food to clients within the community A Food Policy Council (FPC) consists of a group of representatives and stakeholders from many sectors of the food system. Ideally, the councils include participants representing all five sectors of the food system (production, consumption, processing, distribution and waste recycling)

Community Gardens Growstuff.org

USDA Capacity Builder - https://www.fns.usda.gov/capacitybuilder

Mapping food banks/pantries/community gardens -- Ushahidi, Openstreetmap

Foodbank Android App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.redemptionmedia.foodbankapp&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plentifulapp.mobile&hl=en

Food Recovery Network - https://www.foodrecoverynetwork.org

Aspects of the problem to solve

Healthy Food Access

 * food desert - making fresh/healthy food more available
 * community gardens / local produce mapping
 * nutritional info

Non-perishables

* gathering & managing info about surplus non-perishables from groceries 
* gathering & managing info about surplus non-perishables from restaurants
 

Fresh food

 * gathering & managing info* about available "2nd class" produce/fresh food (pre-store)
 * gathering & managing info about surplus produce (post-store, still usable)
 Soliciting, Receiving, Sorting, Warehousing, Distributing
 
 * what do we have
 when does it expire
 how much have we got
 how is it divisible / packaged (knapsack)
 how do you match needs to have (stable marriage problem?)
 

Information management

• managing the charity aspect of it (donations - for tax purposes; https://www.thetaxadviser.com/newsletters/2016/jul/charitable-donations-of-food-inventory.html)
• managing the place aspect of it (where deliveries go/where pickups happen)
• managing reporting back to agencies / donors -- what got sent where
• managing logistics of delivery (routes; traveling salesperson)
• managing donations ($)

Who does food come from? see http://www.fbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/HowtheFBDworks.jpg Retailers Manufacturers Distributors Corporations Food drives Individuals Feeding America

Constraints low bandwdth no web access necessarily local systems should feed info to regional systems from reporting

Josh (Towson University)

• State/local foodbank organization: Maryland Food Bank https://mdfoodbank.org/
• Food Recovery Network Student Club at Towson University: https://www.foodrecoverynetwork.org/maryland-1#TC

Scott (Berea College) talked about... - Partner: Grow Appalachia: https://growappalachia.berea.edu/ - Constraints: - Rural challenges: Low/no technology, mobile-friendly is best; - Not tech-savvy users (imagine church group in a town of 1000) - Tracking of all the things: - Tracking of people who are receiving donations (Charity Tracker: http://www.charitytracker.net/) - Tracking of places where need is not being met (Capacity Building map; USDA map is out of date for our region: https://www.fns.usda.gov/capacitybuilder) - Food to places with need matched to places with excess food

Karl (Worcester State University)

• WSU Urban Studies Department
• Urban Action Institute https://www.worcester.edu/Urban-Action-Institute/
• SNAP Benefits Office
• Teaching Garden
• Worcester Country Food Bank https://foodbank.org/
• Worcester Food Policy Council https://worcesterfoodpolicycouncil.org/
• Rachel's Table (food recovery) http://www.rachelstable.org/
• WSU Computer Science Department
• re:coded Computing (CS Club) has students interested in working on an Open Source project
• Chartwells (WSU Food Service Contractor)
• Do they do food recovery?

Amy Carleton College Interested in 2 aspects of the problem:

• Food recovery: distribute unused food from the dining halls to 2 local food organizations. There are surely logistics issues here.
• Food sustainability: making sure Carleton is making sustainable food purchasing choices (somehow this relates to the first point, I believe)

There are also some initiatives around food recovery from local farms ("gleaning"). It would be interesting to connect that with the other food recovery initiative. I have a meeting set up with one of our "food fellows" in our Civic Engagement office this spring to talk about potential collaborations.

Food projects at Carleton : https://apps.carleton.edu/ccce/issue/food/

Lori & Darci Nassau Community College We have a food pantry on campus - have met with local people from the NEST

• intake form
• expiration date
• scanning for outgoing inventory
• mobile app - share information about hours, organize volunteers, connection students to resources

NCC's Nest - https://nestncc.weebly.com/about.html Anyone interested in writing an API for the government foodsaver data - https://www.fsis.usda.gov/shared/data/EN/foodkeeper.json

Monisha (The College of New Jersey)

Book: The Good Food Revolution, by Will Allen. Describes his project, Growing Power, and honors and celebrates what others have done to promote healthy communities through urban gardens that grow affordable and sustainable “good food.” Summer 2016 reading, around TCNJ’s intellectual theme, “Toward Just and Sustainable Communities”.

Local Organization - Mercer Street Friends in Trenton - a focus area is their Food Bank Local Organization - Isles, Inc - a focus area is community gardens / urban farming - another focus area is mapping locations of healthy food outlets, for access in food deserts

Matt spoke to Griselda from BigHuman (griselda@bighuman.com), that developed Plentiful. Noone is available today to answer questions, but contact her later and they will give you all the info we want.

Copied from Gina's notes above: Healthy Food Access

 * food desert - making fresh/healthy food more available / accessible
 * community gardens / local produce mapping
 * nutritional info
 * does the store accept food stamps? 
 * how do you get there?

Non-perishables

* gathering & managing info about surplus non-perishables from groceries 
* gathering & managing info about surplus non-perishables from restaurants
 

Fresh food

 * gathering & managing info* about available "2nd class" produce/fresh food (pre-store)
 * gathering & managing info about surplus produce (post-store, still usable)
 Soliciting, Receiving, Sorting, Warehousing, Distributing
 
 * what do we have
 when does it expire
 how much have we got
 how is it divisible / packaged (knapsack)
 how do you match needs to have (stable marriage problem?)
 

Greg (Drexel) Local Organizations Philabundance: https://www.philabundance.org/ Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral: http://www.acswebnetworks.com/philadelphiaepis-mobi/service - one of many but close to Drexel campus EAT Cafe: http://www.eatcafe.org/ Drexel Surplus Food Research Center: https://newsblog.drexel.edu/2018/02/09/creating-a-surplus-food-rd-center-to-fuel-academic-commitment-to-sustainability/

Food Bank STTP - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_viknMy-LAtQ-LL3MhusIpwwSAaV7j9xbQmdMsQC6fc/edit#gid=1031661415

Plentiful being used in NYC - http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-app-streamlines-nyc-food-pantries-feed-hungry-article-1.3672643 Plentiful - https://www.plentifulapp.com/about-us - http://helmsleytrust.org/programs/place-based-new-york-city-new-york-city-food-assistance-collaborative