Danny Leckie: Scaling a Mission That Matters

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In this special CEO Season episode of The Intentional Agribusiness Leader Podcast, Mark welcomes back Danny Leckie, CEO of Hatch, for a conversation about explosive growth, bold vision, and what happens when intentional leadership is tied to a mission bigger than yourself.

Hatch has grown from a regional nonprofit into a national organization working to close a critical gap in the food bank system: access to high-quality protein.

Today, Hatch operates across 42 states, has worked with more than 178 food banks, and has delivered over 350 million meals in the last decade—including 100 million in the past year alone.

From 5 Million to 100+ Million Meals

When Danny took over leadership of Hatch five years ago, the organization was distributing roughly 80,000 dozen eggs each month.

Today, that number has grown to more than 1.5 million dozen eggs per month, along with more than 2 million pounds of meat.

In just four years, Hatch grew its annual impact from approximately 5 million servings of protein to 102 million.

Now Danny and his team have planted an even bigger flag: