From one-for-one meals that use the ever popular TOMS Shoes model to self-sustaining farms that attempt to increase crop productivity, these hunger-tackling social enterprises range from product to service and to the in between.
For instance, One Acre Fund is a social business that was created in 2006 by a former MBA student at Kellogg Schol of management and has a market-driven approach. Others, perhaps like the one-for-one model, are less sustainable in the long run and operate more on a donation-driven scheme. These hunger-tackling social enterprises, then, take what was once seemingly exclusively a cause for governments, charities and aid to take on and bring in a hybrid model to the way it runs its practice.
23 Hunger-Tackling Social Enterprises
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Comfy Customizable Kicks
KellismCo Custom TOMS Give the Slip Ons Individual Paintjobs
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High-Quality Altruistic Hoodies
The Vanity Project Collaborates with Charities on Its Designs
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Humanitarian Shopping Sites
SOCO Marketplace Attempts to Raise Awareness on Social Causes
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Empowering Organic T-Shirts
Light of Mine Tees Works to Promotes Sustainable Development
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Hunger-Eliminating Social Media
FlashFood Turns Restaurant Leftovers into Meals for the Hungry
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Deliciously Priceless Bakeries
The Panera Pay-What-You-Can Cafes are Abolishing Hunger
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Hunger-Fighting Food Packages
The Love with Food Group Donates a Meal for Every Box Purchased
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Eradicating Hunger T-Shirts
Each 'Feed Just One' Tee Sold Gives a Child Food for 30 Days
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Social Good Cuisine
La Tablée des Chefs Teaches Kids About Nutrition While Feeding the Homele
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Socially Supportive Soles
Bangs Shoes Provides Aid to Those in Need With Every Pair Purchased
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1 for 1 Snacks
Each KUTOA Health Bar Also Buys a Nutrient Pack for a Child in Need
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Benevolent Online Shopping
The Do Good Buy Us Website Allows Consumers to Buy Charitable Products
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Craft-Based Apparel
Nuinani is a Hawaiian Business with Organic Material and a DIY Ethos
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Hunger-Driven Food Drives
'The Extravagant Weight' Gets Hungry People to Make Charitable Donations
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One-For-One Meals
For Every Healthy Lunch Purchased, Table for Two Provides a Meal to an African C
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Benevolent Beaded Bangles
The FEED Kenya Bracelet is a Stylish Strategy to Feed Hungry Children
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Self-Sustaining Farms
One Acre Fund Trains Local Farmers on How to Grow Crops Effectively
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Social Good Photo Apps
FoodShareFilter is an Instagram Supported Filter That Profits an NGO
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Hunger-Fighting Dining Discounts
TangoTab Provides Cheap Meals and Donates to Food Banks
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Hunger-Curbing Fashion
Fancy Rags Trades T-Shirts for Meals to Local Community Members
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Poverty-Ending Crusades
The Adventure Project Aims to Eliminate Struggles and Misery
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Monthly Goodwill Memberships
CharitySub Makes Supporting Urgent Causes Easy
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Poverty Partnership Imaginings
The Prof. Yunus James Chau Interview on CCTV Explores the MDGs
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Cafe Create Employs People Who Have Been Homeless
Social Innovation Hubs
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Global Farmers' Markets
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Potluck Cafe Offers Employment in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Gaming for Mental Health
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