Beyond the Backbone
Three alternatives to the backbone organization—a fundamental aspect of collective impact efforts—that can help ground collaborations focused on systemic change.
Food - Articles
Innovative ways to increase access to food resources and improve food systems (more)
Growing Urban Agriculture
To feed the world’s growing population, we must do more to promote the success of urban farms through better tracking, financial incentives, land use, and support systems.
Rethinking Lunchtime
New legislation around the United States aims to combat the widespread practice of shaming students who cannot pay for school lunch.
Pound Foolish
Food banks must reject measuring their impact by pounds of food distributed and instead promote access to nutritious food.
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Resetting the Table
Carolan makes an ambitious attempt to analyze the social relationships that undergird our global food system.
At the Heart of Impact Measurement, Listening to Customers
Investors looking for data on social impact should start by helping investees deliver a compelling value proposition.
Rethinking Alumni Programs for Greater Impact
Five common weaknesses of alumni programs and what the organizations running them can do better.
A Fresh Market
In providing an app for people on food stamps, FreshEBT is serving a population that most tech startups tend to overlook.
From Eats to Electricity
A British entrepreneur hopes that by transforming food waste into biogas, his plant can help a community gain a sense of local environmental stewardship.
Designing a Renewable Food System
Borrowing from the renewable energy sector, we can create a better food system by organizing regional governments to create markets for smaller producers and establishing coordinated networks that can amplify best practices.