Problem Solving and Social Justice

Problem Solving and Social Justice

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An Interview with Cathy Snyder.

In this episode , Cathy joins us today to discuss?food insecurity,?poverty, and how the Rolling Harvest Food Rescue movement is alleviating food waste and hunger in the country.

She shares how she?became aware of what poverty and food insecurity really look like?in the country. She describes the events that led to the founding of Rolling Harvest Food Rescue and explains the importance of dialogue in solving problems.

She also elaborates on how movements like Rolling Harvest create a?ripple effect?and highlights how alleviating food insecurity benefits society entirely.


This week on The Mindset Zone:

  • How Cathy became aware of the realities of food insecurity, hunger, and poverty in the country
  • The first steps Cathy took toward improving the food pantry she served
  • Creating and innovating the Rolling Harvest Food Rescue model
  • How food is spoiled and wasted in the fields
  • How dialogue creates, sustains, and improves solutions to problems
  • What it takes to create a more sustainable food system for everyone
  • The value of nutritional education
  • What gleaning organizations are, and how to find them
  • Overcoming the lack of awareness about food insecurity
  • The Rolling Harvest take on food justice and equity


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The Guest:

Cathy Snyder is the Founder and Executive Director of Rolling Harvest Food Rescue, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit gleaning organization. After a decade of working a sales career in broadcasting, Cathy began her social impact journey and awakened to the depth of food insecurity while volunteering at a food pantry in New Hope, PA. Since then, what started as Cathy’s efforts to connect farms and food pantries has grown into Rolling Harvest Food Rescue, a vibrant network of volunteers, farms, food producers, and hunger relief sites. Through effective delivery and distribution of local food producers’ surplus, Rolling Harvest Food Rescue increases access to donated fresh produce and other healthy foods to hunger-relief sites that serve at-risk, food-insecure populations—including domestic violence shelters, low-income senior centers, children and family homeless shelters, and others.

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The Host:

Ana Melikian ?has a Ph.D. in Psychology and 20+ years of experience working on human potential. Her keynote, "The Happiness Fallacy," re-envisions and revitalizes how we think about and work with happiness for personal and collective good. Ana loves to connect here on LinkedIn with difference-makers in coaching and B-Corp spaces.


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Deborah Johnson, M.A.

Founder at DJWorks Media |Speaker for companies & individuals asking “What’s Next?”

1 年

The ripple effect is amazing and truly inspiring Ana and Cathy. Thank you for sharing and bringing this mission to our attention.

Dan LeFave

Founder, 10x Operating System → Generating 10x growth for CEOs with targeted, actionable solutions

2 年

Great reminder. Giving is living.

Raj Bandyopadhyay

I help speakers translate their stage presence into iconic brand photography | Get your perfect stage photos with The Icon Experience ??

2 年

I've become very acquainted with this organization through my visits to New Hope. Such incredible work! Love your choice to highlight them in your podcast, Ana.

JoAnna Brandi

Speaker, Author, High Energy Workshop Facilitator, Certified Chief Happiness Officer and Muse helps you increase performance, productivity, wellness and, of course, employee and customer loyalty.

2 年

So inspirational - and eye opening. When I think of New Hope PA I think of an upper and upper middle class area. It goes to show we can't anything for granted. There are food insecure people everywhere and maybe especially in our "fancy" zip codes. Thanks you Ana Melikian, PhD once again for your eye-opening podcasts.!

Vivienne Zhao, M.Sc.(A), SLP

Accent Coach | Speech-Language Pathologist | I help non-native English speakers become effective communicators, using science-based accent modification techniques.

2 年

It is so true that we take so much for granted. I spent my childhood in poverty, so I can definitely relate to being in need. That being said, I must admit that I'm not doing much to help others, now that I have so much more than I need... This inspires me to remember where I came from and do more for others. Thanks for the episode, Ana Melikian, PhD!

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