002: Making Food Rescue a Universal Standard, Not An Exception with Robert Lee

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Our mission is to redistribute excess food to people experiencing food insecurity— and make food rescue the universal standard rather than the exception."</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">—Robert Lee</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food insecurity and hunger is a tragic reality. Despite the overwhelming abundance of food, millions of people around the world are still hungry and do not have regular access to enough nutritious food to support a healthy lifestyle. Hunger does not only affect individuals, but also has socio-economic impacts on communities and countries, affecting economic development, education, health, and even security. To address this global problem, we must prioritize creating equitable access to quality food. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robert Lee experienced first-hand what it was like to live with food insecurity as an underserved child. This prompted him to create Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) in 2013, a nonprofit organization that seeks to prevent the waste of food and end hunger. In the following years, RLC's work has helped in drastically reducing how much food is wasted each year and improving food security for thousands of people.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in as Justine and Robert talk about the mission of RLC, how food rescue can solve world hunger, our role in making food rescue a universal standard, the importance of getting educated in entrepreneurship, the importance of processes and boundaries in business building, the best way to start in business, and the next steps for RLC.</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>Meet Robert:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As someone who experienced food insecurity as a child, Robert Lee was very familiar with the wasted food and hunger issues facing our society. That is what led him to launch Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC), a nonprofit organization that targets both the prevention of wa