300. Meet The Farmlink Project: The Next Generation of Nonprofit + Evolved Leadership is Here - Aidan Reilly and Ben Collier

Overview

Meet Aiden and Ben. There's 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 country and has rescued nearly 70M# of produce since its inception. Tune in and help us fight for a world where everyone has access to the food they need.

💡Learn

• The founding story of Farmlink
• The new generation of nonprofits and nonprofit leadership - how rising GenZers are innovating the nonprofit experience
• Their unique approach to corporate partnerships (that are working!)
• What food insecurity & food waste looks like in the U.S. today.
  
  

Today’s Guests

Ben Collier, Co-CEO and Aidan Reilly, Head of Partnerships, The Farmlink Project

Episode Overview

• Ben and Aidan’s stories and journey to where they are today (4:00)
• The founding of Farmlink (12:00)
• Media attention (20:00)
• Partnerships and Farmlink’s mentality around partnering with companies (25:00)
• Mindset shift to create systemic change (29:00)
  • Create technical improvements to the space
  • Create a shift in policy and adjust the rules of the environment
  • Create a shift in social perspective about the problem that is being addressed
• Philanthropy through the eyes of Gen Z (35:00)
• Story of impact: Martha Barajas, United Hands of Compton (42:00)
• Internal team story of impact (46:00)
• Aidan’s One Good Thing: Find your purpose, but commit to what you’re doing in that moment. Go easy on yourself.
• Ben’s One Good Thing: Find like minded individuals, then there is not an idea that is not worth sharing.

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