123. One Eagle Scout’s Hydroponic Gardening Project Tackles Hunger in Five Countries with Christian Heiden

There’s a generation coming up that could be called the “see it and then solve it” generation. They look at problems like riddles just waiting to be solved, and then they start ingeniously doing what they can with what they’ve got. Today’s guest, Christian Heiden, is an amazing example of this style of innovator. He has taken an Eagle Scout project he started at age 16, and turned it into a solution to malnutrition and food insecurity in 5 countries and the impact of the endeavor is expanding at an extraordinary, inspiring pace. PODCAST: Finding Your Best Self By Solving a Problem for Others with Sarah Leathers The One Eagle Scout’s Hydroponic Gardening Project Story If it worked in Dominican Republic, it will work in Haiti Countries we work with: Jamaica, Puerto Rico and a number of projects in the US Hydroponics started in Egypt Netherlands Greenhouse and hydroponics technology Advantage of hydroponics There are a lot of communities that are doing great work that just don’t have the leverage they need to really enact the change they need Partnership City of Harrisburg Critical for systemic change It’s not just a matter of producing food, it’s about producing food so it permanently reaches people consistently We want a system that works for everybody Market-based approach to food insecurity and hunger It’s about connecting things that already exists PODCAST: Collaborative Hub Breathes Life into Big Ideas for Entrepreneurs of Color with LoLo Smith and George Zarebski Levo International Volunteers that are all-in PODCAST: Looking for Easy Ways to Volunteer? There’s an App for That! with Stephanie Page Highschool Friend: Josh Brian Waterston If you want to make change happen, it is never a one man or woman show You and your choices matter Agriculture is so separated from the community