Dana Frasz
Dana Frasz
Overview
In 2001, at age 17, Dana Frasz took an unforgettable journey to South East Asia. Returning to the United States, she was deeply disturbed by the paradox of excessive waste and consumption existing alongside widespread hunger within both local and global society. While studying non-fiction writing and social justice at Sarah Lawrence College, she developed an award-winning program to collect and redistribute otherwise wasted food from campus and the surrounding community. In 2006 Dana was honored by the International Youth Foundation as one of twenty exceptional social entrepreneurs from around the world for her waste reduction, hunger alleviation and food recovery work. From 2007-2010 Dana worked as a Project Manager at Ashoka's Changemakers, planning, managing and executing competitions aimed at expanding and supporting social innovation worldwide. Still troubled by the social and environmental costs associated with food waste, Dana launched Food Shift in 2011. Dana is dedicated to working collaboratively to find and develop solutions that build a more just and sustainable food system. Food Shift is an Earth Island Institute sponsored project and a member of the California Food and Justice Coalition.
