John Tetrick Josh Edelsson/Getty ImagesOutstanding Firm: Feeding AmericaDespite a partial recovery from the darkest days of the spring, more than 30 million Americans remain out of work. Feeding America, a Chicago-based network of 200 food banks, estimates 50 million Americans, including 17 million children, now struggle to get enough to eat on a daily basis. Instacart raised an additional $200 million in October, this time at a $17.7 billion valuation, making Mehta’s stake worth $1.6 billion. Apoorva Mehta Christie Hemm Klok for ForbesAnd drumroll, please …The Forbes Person Of The Year In Food & Drink: The essential food workerFrom farmers and delivery drivers to meatpackers and grocery store cashiers, frontline food workers kept Americans going in 2020. According to the Food & Environmental Reporting Network, more than 77,000 food workers have tested positive for Covid-19, and at least 340 have died.

Source: Forbes December 30, 2020 11:26 UTC