In 2011, a group of students[1] at the University of Maryland, College Park decided there was something they could do to fight the food waste on their campus.
In the next year, this simple but effective model of student-powered food recovery spread to additional schools in Rhode Island, California, Michigan, Texas, and beyond.
By 2013, with recovery programs starting all over the country, the founding members had established FRN as a 501c3 nonprofit organization[2] with full-time staff dedicated to expanding and cultivating the growing network.
FRN’s mission is built on the foundation of thousands of students across the country, who come from diverse backgrounds and academic fields, finding common cause in their belief that good food should not go to waste.
She has been invited to share her insights with media outlets such as CNN and Al Jazeera and was named one of the most influential leaders in the food industry by SELF magazine.