Max Kanter lives in the verdant hillside neighborhood of Silver Lake on the Eastside of Los Angeles. He moved to Los Angeles in January 2011 and began collaborating with LA social innovators and impact designers, launching LA HERE and NOW, an event series aimed  to leverage and integrate the skills of local programmers, software developers, designers, community activists, urban planners, and urban thinkers into real solutions for our city’s problems. In June 2011, he then transitioned to the position of Volunteer Manager at Food Forward, Southern California’s largest food rescue for the hungry resource. Max is currently working with his team of Angelenos to launch a startup social enterprise to develop a revolutionary food rescue software  in the months to come. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpR6dHeaGIQ 

Food Forward is Southern California’s largest food rescue for the hungry resource. The organization was founded in 2009 as a backyard harvesting group, gleaning food from fruit trees in neighborhood backyards to be distributed to those in need. Within the first year, the organization mobilized over 500 volunteers to harvest over 70,000 pounds of backyard fruit for those in need. Since 2009, Food Forward has grown it’s volunteer community to more than 6,000 Southern Californians, with total 1.4 million pounds of fresh produce harvested or rescued going to those lacking access. Food Forward continues to expand its efforts through new innovative programming . The organization rescues food at farmers markets, from farms, backyards, and soon wholesale food companies in Downtown Los Angeles. Food Forward has become a leader in the food waste world and continues to build community around the issue, creating thousands of opportunities to become involved in the movement! Please check out Food Forward’s website to learn more about the organization, and feel free to contact Max if you have any questions (Max@foodforward.org