When working toward tackling a national epidemic, the status quo has to be turned upside down and Goodr — an Atlanta-based food waste startup — thrives on creating tech innovations that disrupts the traditional way of solving hunger.

Last month, CEO Jasmine Crowe and her team opened their first-ever free in-school grocery and clothing store at McNair Middle School in College Park, GA. As previously reported by AfroTech, Goodr teamed up with Gunna, Foot Locker and Reebok for Gunna’s Drip Closet — free of charge for students — for the Atlanta rapper’s childhood school.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Jasmine Crowe-Houston (@jasminecrowe)

The founder isn’t letting up this year just yet when it comes to battling food insecurity. With hopes to pass her mission on to today’s generation and ones to follow, Crowe decided to create and self-publish her first children’s book, “Everybody Eats,” to teach the youth about reducing food waste and fighting hunger.

“I decided to self-publish it,” she told AfroTech. “The one thing that made me self-publish the book is I wanted to use the proceeds to do more of this work that I do. That was the real kind of impetus behind going into the self-publishing route.”

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Jasmine Crowe-Houston (@jasminecrowe)

Crowe caught up with AfroTech about the process of the Gunna collaboration, the aftermath of the in-school grocery store’s launch and her vision for her book “Everybody Eats.”

Editorial note: Portions of this interview have been edited and condensed for clarity.

Everybody Eats

Sign up for our daily Newsletter.