526. Building a Modern Movement + Activating the Next Generation of Changemakers (NMS Replay) - Ben Collier, The Farmlink Project

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526. Building a Modern Movement + Activating the Next Generation of Changemakers (NMS Replay) - Ben Collier, The Farmlink Project
Apr 10, 2024 Season 9
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Meet Ben. As CEO, he’s led the transformation of The Farmlink Project from a college dorm initiative into a national hunger relief movement 🌱 Theirs is a nonprofit fairy tale story: three college students who saw a problem in the world and built a scrappy, grassroots solution that's changing the world 🌍 The Farmlink Project connects surplus food from farms to food banks all around the U.S. and has rescued more than 200 million pounds of produce since its inception 🚜 Tune in for this replay of the insightful conversation we had with Ben during the Nonprofit Market Summit

💡Learn

  • Overview + History of The Farmlink Project
  • Insights into Building a Modern Movement 
  • Activating the Next Generation of Changemakers

Today’s Guest
Ben Collier, CEO, The Farmlink Project

For more information + episode details visit: weareforgood.com/episode/526.

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