2016 Opening Plenary Keynote  CM | 1.0

Robert Egger of L.A. Kitchen shares his vision of fresh solutions to solvable issues, by ensuring that neither food nor people ever go to waste. Robert Egger is the Founder and President of L.A. Kitchen, located a block from the Lincoln Heights station on the Metro Gold Line Light rail line. His non-profit recovers fresh fruits and vegetables to fuel a culinary arts job training program for men and women coming out of foster care, and older men and women returning from incarceration. L.A. Kitchen's Founding Partner is the AARP Foundation, which gave their first million-dollar grant to help establish the model. Egger is also the CEO of Strong Food, L.A. Kitchen's social enterprise business, which employs graduates of the L.A. Kitchen training program, and competes for food service contracts to serve healthy meals to seniors in Los Angeles.

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