DAVE ALEXANDER CENTER FOR SOCIAL CAPITAL

Bringing what he learned as a Hershey executive to his role as CEO and founder of Sunshine Nuts, Don Larson has created life-changing opportunities for subsistence farmers in Mozambique by establishing community farms that give smallholders land ownership for the first time. “In each village we’re in, we’ve got the nursery, the farm and the factory, but then we had a transformation center, a subsidized store, and Sunshine homes where we take care of vulnerable women matched up with orphan children,” Don says. “So, it’s a very complex system, but it’s a complete system that allows us to raise the standard of living quite substantially.” To learn more about how he’s helping these farmers find a way out of abject poverty, read “Don Larson’s Holistic Business Model Is Transforming Lives in Africa.”