The most enjoyable part of the job is providing a service that positively impacts lives while working with a terrific team (family, really) who are focused on giving the customers the best experience possible.
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The most difficult part of the job would be adapting to manual processes (and attempting to automate them) while working within a tight budget of a small company. Working from home is an option, but being in the office is fun. With those changes comes additional opportunities to advance for employees, and more opportunities to reduce food waste.Įveryone works more than 8 hours a day, and it's a "be on call" kind of environment because you don't want to let your team down if something goes wrong. It's in the "growing pains" stage right now, where volume and interest is increasing, and processes that have carried the business this far are changing to help the company scale. The mission is what gets people in the door, and the team is what makes people stay. It's small now, but the growth potential is huge, and increasing daily. Why did you decide to start the organization I’ve always believed that through social entrepreneurship, we can exact swift systemic change to some of the biggest problems our world faces with regard to food justice.
I take great satisfaction in working in an atmosphere where there is no red tape or BS to the end solutions of being a steady and consistent resource for people wanting fresh, affordable healthy food, and hearing - more. We founded Hungry Harvest in 2014 on the University of Maryland campus. Most enjoyable part of the job is knowing your work has a direct impact on the health and betterment of friends, family and even strangers. you're going to feel outside the culture and all the extra mile efforts we make are going to seem annoying or stressful. If you're not authentically driven to be helper. You've got to be all in for the mission, for the work, and really enjoy helping people. Hardest part of the job is this is not a clock in clock out situation. You have colleagues that truly have your back, and it's fun to visit the remote markets (I'm an HQ employee based in Baltimore) to see how they are overcoming challenges, or how the customers differ/similar to the home market.
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You have some work from home/remote privileges which is a huge plus for me personally. Nothing is wasted, from food we pack to office supplies and time.
Each member of the team truly believes in food justice, and the importance of maintaining a sustainable operating budget to keep the work going. I've learned how far authenticity can go in advancing the mission. From fielding calls from our hunger relief partners, to innovation of new products to help end waste, to planning impact driven events and understanding more the operations of a to your door delivery company, each day presents new and exciting challenges. The company also donates 1.2 pounds of its ugly produce to those in need for every bag delivered.A typical day at work is never the same twice. Shoppers who choose Hungry Harvest's subscription delivery service save 20-30% over what they would pay for pretty produce at the grocery store. by making deals with farmers and wholesalers to buy their huge cache of ugly surplus vegetables at a discount, selling it to consumers at below-grocery-store prices. Well, Lutz's business aims to simultaneously curb and take advantage of that kind of behavior here in the U.S. Many have seen the photos of how Australia is dealing with its avocado surplus (dumping giant piles of avocados). That includes perfectly usable produce that never reaches consumers, either because it isn't pretty enough for the produce aisle or because of grower surpluses. According to the USDA, up to 40% of the food supply becomes food waste.
In January 2016, Evan Lutz took to the Tank to introduce his company, Hungry Harvest (per Shark Tank Products), a fruit and vegetable delivery service that Lutz said seeks to solve two problems in one.
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