Nonprofit ramps up to deliver millions more pounds of food with Cisco HyperFlex System and Cisco UCS Forty percent of food produced in the United States goes to waste. City Harvest is a nonprofit that pioneered food rescue in 1982. The organization collects surplus food from grocers, farms, restaurants, and manufacturers and then distributes it to food pantries and soup kitchens throughout New York City. In 2016, City Harvest collected and distributed 55 million pounds of excess food and distributed it free of charge to 500 community food programs. More than 15,000 volunteers assist the hunger-relief efforts every year. Challenge: preparing for 30 percent growth “IT plays an important role in food rescue,” says James Safonov, head of IT and information security for City Ha

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