Shen Ming Lee on social entrepreneurship, disrupting the agri-food industry for good, and how youths can lead the way

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This episode, we speak to Shen Ming Lee, social entrepreneur and author of the book Hungry for Disruption: How Tech Innovations Will Nourish 10 Billion by 2050. Here's what we talked about: - The power of story-telling to bring customers and stakeholders along your journey to achieve your mission and effect change - The opportunity for youths to see the possibilities for collaboration across diverse stakeholders and build bridges to transform the agri-food system - The scale of the food waste problem and innovations to tackle it- if food waste were a country, it would be the 3rd largest greenhouse gas emitting country after the US and China - Covid-19 prompting a shift to more decentralized food systems, and how e-commerce players like Pinduoduo contribute to that decentralization - Resources to start one's agri-food journey: Food Fix by Dr Mark Hyman, Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan For more information on Pinduoduo, you can check out our LinkedIn and Medium. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter @PinduoduoInc.