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As we know, the solution to the hunger and nutrition problem in America will take a concerted, collaborative effort from all of us to be successful.

Below are a few of the organizations that are thoughtfully and diligently working to move people out of hunger in a nutritious manner. Their work with the food insecure has inspired and encouraged us at MAVF.

Please read their stories and support them with a donation today.

Ample Harvest

AmpleHarvest.org helps 42 million home & community gardeners end food waste and hunger by educating and enabling them to donate their excess garden produce to one of 7,759 nearby food pantries across America.

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Fairfield County Community Foundation

Promotes philanthropy as a means to create change in Fairfield County, focusing on innovative and collaborative solutions to critical issues impacting the community.

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Person To Person

Person-to-Person is a community-supported agency that provides emergency assistance for basic needs, and support for individuals and families as they move towards stability.

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Sustainable America

Sustainable America is an environmental non-profit organization with the mission to make the nation’s food and fuel systems more efficient and resilient.

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The Hunger Project

The Hunger Project is a global, non-profit, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. Our vision is a world where every woman, man and child leads a healthy, fulfilling life of self-reliance and dignity.

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The Workplace

The WorkPlace serves Southwestern Connecticut as its Workforce Development Board, helping people prepare for careers and strengthening the workforce for employers

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United Way

United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.

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Wholesome Wave

Wholesome Wave inspires under-served consumers to make healthier food choices by increasing affordable access to locally grown produce.

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About Ashok

Ashok Vasudevan is Co-founder & CEO of Preferred Brands International, a Connecticut-based food company that makes Tasty Bite and a range of other natural, ethnic and specialty foods sold in major supermarkets globally.

Prior to Tasty Bite, Ashok headed the India desk of Pepsi World Trade in Somers, New York. He received Pepsi’s prestigious MVP award in 1991.

Before joining Pepsi, Ashok spent 10 years with Unilever in various functions that included Management Development, Sales & Marketing and International Business

He is involved in several non-profit organizations in India and the US including:

  • Director on the Board of The Fairfield County Business Council
  • Member of the Chairman’s Circle of the US-India Business Council,
  • Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Entrepreneurship and a member of the Business
    advisory Council of Great Lakes Institute of Management in Chennai, India.
    Ashok Vasudevan graduated in Agricultural Sciences from Bangalore, and post graduate degrees at Bajaj Institute of Management in Bombay and the Harvard Business School.

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About Meera

Meera Vasudevan is Co-founder of Preferred Brands International, a Connecticut-based food company that makes Tasty Bite, a range of natural, ethnic food sold in major supermarkets around the world.

Meera also co-founded ASG-Omni a US and India based consulting firm involved in the design and execution of entry strategies for large US corporations looking to do business in India.

Meera began her career in market research at MARG (Marketing & Research Group), India. MARG is now part of the Nielsen group. After nearly a decade there, Meera co-founded India’s first specialist and largest qualitative research firm, Quantum Market Research. She worked on a number of entry strategies for global brands looking to enter the Indian market and on national social research projects for UNICEF.

She has served on some non-profit boards in the US, and is currently on the board of the United Way of Western Connecticut.

Meera has a Bachelors in English with post-graduate qualifications in Marketing from the University of Madras and INSEAD, France.

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