Good Food Works Founder, Jason Finder, on His "Salad Days" Project Exceeding Great Expectations

Jason Finder is the Founder of Good Food Works, the food social enterprise incubator launched out of The Doe Fund, a leading New York City non-profit organization model for solving homelessness and criminal recidivism, perhaps best known for their "Ready, Willing & Able" program. Finder's past work in the community includes serving on Bushwick Food Cooperative’s Board of Directors for six years, with three of them as President. His latest venture is "Salad Days," which brings delicious, nutritious, high-quality, affordable salads (GFW's head chef managed Eleven Madison Park's food truck operation) to low-income communities. The simple, seasonal, affordably-priced, Michelin-worthy salads, are largely subsidized by selling at market price to corporate offices and private clients across the New York City area. Salad Days was incubated in Good Food Works after considerable boots-on-the-ground canvassing in communities across the five boroughs, many of them in so-called "food deserts," to determine their specific wants and needs. On this episode of Good Standing, we discuss breaking through stereotypes and presumptions to instead connect at a deeper human level. In an increasingly uncertain economy, good food, but perhaps more importantly, real access to it, will undoubtedly serve as a core foundational component to the healthy future of the United States. Whether you're a staunch MAHA disciple or lining up for Mayor Mamdani's city-run grocery stores, everybody wants and deserves to eat well and feel good.