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February 4, 2021
Food Banks are lacking tracking systems that would enable them to serve more people more efficiently and more easily.//Photo courtesy of Shutterstock.
A little known city on the border of Mexico and Arizona is at the center of of Project Delta, an early-stage moonshot that started at X, Alphabet s moonshot factory, and recently moved to Google, where it will scale up its work. The city, Nogales, sees 75 percent of America’s winter produce pass through its port. It is here that Project Delta could solve America’s hunger crisis and food waste problem at the same time. Project Delta is working with Feeding America and Kroger to bring hard data science and artificial intelligence to the food banking world.