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How to actually feed America (food bank logistics)

Posted by unkz
Tags: usa, food, charities, food banks, donations, substack.slow boring, author.caroline sutton
https://www.slowboring.com/p/how-to-actually-feed-america

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Caroline Sutton
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    unkz
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    I never would have guessed that food banks employ a market based approach for distribution, or that they would employ negative value bids.

    I never would have guessed that food banks employ a market based approach for distribution, or that they would employ negative value bids.

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    1. skybrian
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      I don't understand why they don't refuse any donations that no food bank wants. Is it a way to get a food bank to help dispose of it? Why not tell the donor to do it? But overall, it seems...

      I don't understand why they don't refuse any donations that no food bank wants. Is it a way to get a food bank to help dispose of it? Why not tell the donor to do it?

      But overall, it seems sensibly designed.