#28: How to tackle food poverty with the tools of a modern start-up

Millions of American families depend on food banks, but why until recently has nobody come up with a better solution? Dion Dawson realized that something is wrong with food banks when he had to wait in the rain with his family for hours only to obtain expiring fruits and some unlabeled can goods. Today he’s the founder of Dion’s Chicago Dream, a non-profit that delivers free healthy, nutritious food to families in need – an approach that solves multiple problems at once. In our new episode, Dion talks about the advantages of his program and explains why some people need good food, but not recipes.

Hosts: Ed Crasnick, Jonathan Aries. Editing: Thomas Barth