CrowdFeeding is a platform that fights hunger by connecting surplus food from Donors to food bank users with the help of volunteer drivers.
By joining CrowdFeeding, you become part of a movement that not only fights hunger but also gives surplus food a second chance to make a real difference. Whether you're a volunteer Donors, a Food Banks or a Clients.
We help you donate at the right time, reducing food waste and boosting your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Our platform coordinates with food banks to ensure every client receives food—through programs or direct Donors donations.
If you're registered with a food bank partnered with CrowdFeeding, you're automatically part of our program.
This study introduces an Internet of Things (IoT)-sensor-driven, innovative framework called FreshTrack that estimates food freshness by tracking environmental factors, such as spoilage rates and microbial growth over time, based on temperature and humidity. Moreover, FreshTrack integrates blockchain-based smart contracts that automatically trigger alerts when freshness falls below predefined thresholds, encouraging timely use or redistribution of perishable items.
This article presents an innovative framework for food monitoring and freshness scoring systems integrating the IoT and sensors.
This paper studies a socially responsible Donors operational planning problem for a continuously deteriorating inventory over two periods with the consideration of donation and quality-sensitive customers.
This paper investigates the impact of the service-time threshold and regulation on minimum hourly wage of driver in the ride-hailing platform.
We believe no good food should go to waste while people remain hungry. CrowdFeeding bridges the gap between surplus food and those in need—through a community-powered system of retailers, volunteers, and food banks. Together, we act with purpose to reduce waste, fight hunger, and build a more compassionate world.
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Ahana Malhotra, a Ph.D candidate in the DeGroote School of Business - McMaster University, won the second prize in the McMaster University Societal Impact Pitch Competition. Ahana shared her research on CrowdFeeding, an innovative platform for food banks' last mile delivery. Ahana is working with the CrowdFeeding research team (that includes a postdoc, two master students and nine engineering students) to develop an app platform to work with food banks to directly surplus food, where it occurs in the food supply chain, directly to food bank clients. The team is working on a pilot project with food bank Mishka Social Services, Eastern Food Market and Blue Line Taxi. The Smart Freight Centre lab at McMaster University is developing tracking technology using sensors and imaging to ensure that food is delivered with good quality. CrowdFeeding will ensure safe good quality fresh produce is delivered to the needy and at the same time saving food waste and carbon emissions.
We’re proud to share that four of our researchers presented our poster on CROWDFEEDING research at the prestigious CLUE Symposium hosted by the University of Toronto. This work explores how crowd-based systems can be leveraged to enhance food security, community engagement, and data-driven social impact -a timely and crucial area of research. Huge congratulations to Md. Masuduzzaman, Ph.D., Mehmet Kiraz, Sujana Saha, and Ahana Malhotra for representing the research with such passion and insight! 👏 A sincere thank you to Prof. Elkafi Hassini, under whose guidance this research is being conducted. Your mentorship continues to inspire us. Grateful to Matthew Roorda for the kind invitation and opportunity to share our work at such a meaningful event.
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