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Mission  Statement  

Urban  Harvester’s  mission  is  to  eliminate  hunger  in  all  communi@es,  by  taking  fresh  healthy  food  that  would  otherwise  be  discarded  and  get  it  to  those  in  need.  

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Problem  #1  

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It  is  not  just  the  homeless.  Many  people  with  full  @me  jobs    

cannot  afford  to  feed  their  families.  

1  out  of  6  people  in  the  US  are  hungry.  

Problem  #2  

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This  is  one  day’s  surplus  food  from  one  market.  

We  discard  40%  of  the  food  we  produce.  

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Urban  Harvester  points  the  problems  of  food  waste  and  hunger  towards  each  other  for  one  scalable  solu@on.  

     

“A  Da&ng  Service  for  Food”  

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 Value  Proposi@on  

   Surplus  food  is  directly  connected  to  agencies:  

•  Reducing  hunger.    •  Reducing  food  waste.  •  Crea@ng  a  donor  tax  deduc@on.  •  Scalable  to  any  city.  

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Indirect  Benefit  

We  target  social  service  agencies    that  provide  wrap-­‐around  services    

providing  basic  life  needs.      

Our  significant  contribu@ons  allow  these  agencies  to  reallocate  their  resources  to  

beZer  serve  their  community.  

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Proof  of  Concept  

One  person,  Linda  Hess,  with  a  cell  phone  and  spreadsheet  rescued  in  2013  &  2014:  

•  $200,000/year,  retail  value  of  food.  •  30,000  meals/year.  

•  20  tons/year  diverted  from  waste  stream.  

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Trac@on  •  Media  coverage  from  Time.com,  KABC-­‐TV  News,  KOST-­‐FM/

Clearchannel  Radio,  Zocalo  Public  Square,  Pasadena  Now,  South  Pasadena  Review,  Alhambra  Source,  Los  Angeles  Register.  

•  South  Pasadena  City  Food  Recovery  Resolu@on  passed.  

•  South  Pasadena  Women’s  Club  “Shining  Star”  award.  

•  Winner  of  Hack  for  Pasadena  “Most  Effec@ve  and  Crea@ve  Use  of  Esris  APIs,  Maps  and  Services”  

•  Presiden@al  “Thousand  Points  of  Light”  community  service  award.  

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Our  web  site  will  include  a  toolkit  to  replicate  our  food  recovery  model  in  any  city:  

•  Food  recovery  procedures.  •  Legal  documents  to  limit  donor  liability.  •  Tax  laws  for  charitable  contribu@ons.  •  Scheduling  &  matching  sojware:  Food-­‐Link  

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Food-­‐Link  Sojware  

Proprietary  sojware  scales  food  recovery    to  any  city:  

•  Crea@ng  a  database  of  donors  &  receivers.  • Matching  criteria  of  dona@ons.  • Managing  logis@cs  and  scheduling.  •  Tracking  &  repor@ng  dona@ons.  

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Mone@za@on  Op@ons  

•  Membership  &  sojware  licensing  fees.  •  Fees  for  tracking  supplier  tax  dona@ons.  •  Corporate  sponsorships.  •  Government  grants.  •  General  fundraising.  •  Philanthropy.  •  Training  and  consul@ng.  •  Target  for  acquisi@on.  

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First  Round  Investment  

Seeking  $2.1  million  in  funding  the  first  2  years  of  runway  for  Urban  Harvester  food  recovery.  

•  Establish  and  maintain  Urban  Harvester  business.  

•  Build  Food-­‐Link  web-­‐based  surplus  food  connec@on  sojware  system.  

•  Build  electronic  compliment  of  website  resources.  

•  Develop  a  scalable  Urban  Harvester  program  for  other  ci@es  with  social  media  and  webcas@ng  lead  ins.  

•  Promote  and  market  Urban  Harvester  brand.  

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Social  Return  On  Investment  

Urban  Harvester  provides  benefits  in  social  capital:  

•  People  will  be  beZer  nourished  and  more  produc@ve  in  society.  

•  Allows  agencies  to  reallocate  their  funds  towards  social  recovery  programs.  

•  Reduces  health  care  costs  due  to  malnourishment.  

•  Improves  employee  morale  at  food  donors.  

•  Local  business  &  community  work  together  a  liZle  beZer.  

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2014  &  2015    Social  Service  Agency  Food  Recipients  

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•  Holy  Family/The  Giving  Bank  –  South  Pasadena  

•  St.  James/The  Food  Locker  –  South  Pasadena  

•  SOVA-­‐3  loca@ons  L.A.  •  Foothill  Unity  –  Pasadena  •  Friends  In  Deed  –  Pasadena  •  Bill  Komura  Food  Bank  –  ASC/PPHD-­‐

Pasadena  •  Union  Sta@on  –  Pasadena  •  Weingart  Center  –  L.A.  •  Los  Angeles  Mission  –  L.A.  •  MEND  –  L.A.  San  Fernando  Valley  •  Hope  of  the  Valley  –  L.A.  San  Fernando  

Valley  •  Hope  Gardens  –  L.A.  San  Fernando  

Valley  •  Valley  Rescue  –  L.A.  San  Fernando  

Valley  •  Grandview  Founda@on  –  Pasadena  •  Ronald  McDonald  House  –  Pasadena  •  Pasadena  Senior  Center  •  South  Pasadena  Senior  Center  •  Greater  West  Hollywood  Food  

Coali@on  –  L.A.  •  Project  Angel  Food    –  L.A.  •  Oneota  Chuch  –  South  Pasadena  •  Burbank  Temporary  Aid  

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