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Abhijit Upadhye, an executive with  McDonald’s Indian enterprise, on socially responsible corporations.

When Corporate Responsibility Means Going Local

Featuring Abhijit Upadhye

Abhijit Upadhye, an executive with McDonald’s Indian enterprise, discusses meeting the corporation’s quality standards while also appealing to the mostly vegetarian population.

Social Enterprise in Food Supply Chains

Panelists talk about how two organizations have turned the “buy local” motto into an evolving partnership that is making NGO and corporate cooperation in the supply chain arena work for both parties.

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Beyond the Purple Berry

By Ryan Black & Jeremy Black

Sambazon’s commitment to social entrepreneurship creates a fair market for farmers in the Amazon

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Richard Jefferson

By Johanna Mair

Richard Jefferson believes that biotechnology can be used to benefit the poor and disenfranchised, but only if the R&D process is democratized.

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Disseminating Orphan Innovations

By Susan H. Evans & Peter Clarke 3

Disseminating innovations takes a distinct, sophisticated skill set, one that often requires customizing the program to new circumstances, not replicating.

THE COMING
FAMINE: The Global
Food Crisis and What
We Can Do to Avoid It
Julian Cribb

Food Solutions

Review By Janine Yorio

The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Julian Cribb

Winter 2011

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A Bigger Pie

By Sam Scott

Mission Pie, a for-profit bakery and café, supports local farmers while training at-risk kids.