About Produce REscue

Our story

We are a team of three high schoolers. We formed our team during quarantine for a STEM competition called eCYBERMISSION and have come a long way since then. Our team created an app to redistribute excess produce from schools to children in need to reduce food waste and remediate child hunger. Using our idea, we won first place in our state and went to regionals. We also received a $5,000 grant from eCYBERMISSION to implement our idea in the real world and are excited to use this wonderful opportunity to help kids in our community!

Want to learn more about our project? Check out the Our Work page!

Produce Rescue Updates

November 2022- We are currently looking at partnering with local nonprofits to implement our project

September 2022- Produce Rescue is officially a 501(c)(3) organization!

May 2022- We have a final working version of the app.

March 2022- we hired a professional developer to complete the app and put on the finishing touches.

December 2021- We made solid progress on the app and it almost fully functional.

August 2021- We hired a developer to start building the Produce Rescue app.

July 2021- Started working on developing our app. Having conversations with volunteers, schools, and grocery stores to see how to optimize the app to best fit the needs of our community. We love to have input from community members and would appreciate if you could fill out the google form on the Community Outreach page.

June 2021- Currently looking for a coding consultant and we are hoping to work on the app over the summer with the goal of completing by early fall.