Food As Medicine 2024, Keynote

Love’s Labor Found: A meditation on Fidelity, Equity, and Dignity in our work. 

Benjamin Perkins,
MA, MDiv 

Founder & CEO  
Upstream Impact
Solutions Consulting, LLC 

Benjamin Perkins is a seasoned public health advocate and social justice practitioner with 25 years of experience. Formerly the CEO of Wholesome Wave, he created the FED (Fidelity, Equity, and Dignity) Principle ® and chaired its board’s FED Committee. He is the Founder and CEO of Upstream Impact Consulting Solutions and a certified program leader with the Groundwater Institute, facilitating racial equity workshops nationally. An ordained pastor, Benjamin holds degrees from Harvard Divinity School, Antioch University, and UCLA, driving change in underserved communities.