{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/039b783b-a527-4fdf-b3ce-b3c255ad3034/6572ee138321cf001244dd58?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Tech Behind Food Banks (A Winter Survival Appeal Special)","description":"<p>This is a special edition of the Standard’s Tech and Science Daily, in support of the Evening Standard's Christmas campaign with Comic Relief.</p><p><br></p><p>Our Winter Survival Appeal is raising funds to help those being worst affected by the cost of living crisis. To find out more go to <a href=\"standard.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">standard.co.uk</a> or to donate go to <a href=\"comicrelief.com/wintersurvival&nbsp;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">comicrelief.com/wintersurvival&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you think running a food bank is just about filling shelves, you may be surprised to learn there's a huge amount of tech powering the entire operation.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode we talk to Carl Hawkes, the head of network support at Fareshare. It's a food redistribution organisation that supplies charities around the UK and is pioneering the use of big data to make their operation more efficient.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}