{"id":48964,"date":"2023-04-24T10:34:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T14:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jumpstartinc.org\/?p=48964"},"modified":"2025-06-19T12:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T16:15:36","slug":"small-business-big-conversations-dan-brown-of-rust-belt-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpstartinc.org\/small-business-big-conversations\/small-business-big-conversations-dan-brown-of-rust-belt-riders","title":{"rendered":"Small Business, Big Conversations: Dan Brown of Rust Belt Riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p class=\"lead\">The average US family will throw away as much as $1,500 worth of perfectly edible food each year. This waste costs our economy significant sums of money, but by avoiding this needless waste, we can redirect those funds to invest in infrastructure and services to divert that material from landfills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Since 2014, Rust Belt Riders has made it their mission to feed people, not landfills. The worker-owned social enterprise seeks to reframe waste streams as inputs to a circular and just economic model.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Aiming to actively combat climate change, improve regional food security, and create place-based dignified jobs all while building adaptive 21st-century infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Watch episode two of Small Business, Big Conversations featuring Dan Brown of Rust Belt Riders below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"Episode 2: Dan Brown of Rust Belt Riders\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27675%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20675%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27675%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5yPxSzPSrPU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Hosted by JumpStart\u2019s resident digital marketing expert (and recovering small business owner) Freddie Coffey, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@smallbizbigconvos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Business, Big Conversations<\/a><\/strong> spotlights ambitious entrepreneurs as they discuss their struggles, successes and life lessons that are sure to motivate and inspire anyone who wants to start or grow their own business.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Whether you&#8217;re an aspiring entrepreneur or a seasoned small business owner looking for new ideas, this show is for you. Tune in for a new episode each month to hear the stories, experiences, and invaluable insights of people just like you, working to start and grow their small businesses here in Ohio and beyond.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Subscribe to the show today on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@smallbizbigconvos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2jHbQ9tDmRaJ9gM37alP5B?si=b53ff02b9c304220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/small-business-big-conversations\/id1683198329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Small-Business-Big-Conversations-Podcast\/B0BZVBYX7J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audible<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/263-small-business-big-convers-113334004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iHeartRadio<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-small-business-big-conversations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Small Business, Big Conversations: Dan Brown of Rust Belt Riders - JumpStart Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Since 2014, Rust Belt Riders has made it their mission to feed people, not landfills. 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