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

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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

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• 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
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Chapitres

1. Transformational Funding for Hunger Relief (00:00:00)

2. Building Food Movement Through Collaboration (00:04:16)

3. Farming, Food Access, & Systemic Change (00:14:03)

4. Building a Collaborative Innovation Movement (00:17:52)

5. Strategic Partnerships and Team Activation (00:21:14)

6. Youth Engagement in Fundraising and Philanthropy (00:30:52)

7. Impactful Philanthropy and Community Stories (00:34:35)