Environment
Can Money Grow on Trees?
Across the world, businesses are making money by restoring forests and farmland.
Tag: Agriculture
Innovations in farming and agronomy that promote sustainability and advance social good
Food
Feeding the Future of Agriculture with Vertical Farming
The technology-driven model of agriculture may offer a means to address farm output and food security in the years to come.
Economic Development
360-Degree Development
Swades Foundation is working to break nonprofit community development efforts out of their silos in India.
Food
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.
Review
Food
Resetting the Table
Carolan makes an ambitious attempt to analyze the social relationships that undergird our global food system.
Measurement & Evaluation
How Nonprofits Can Drive Healthy Growth Using SROI
Social return on investment is an underutilized yet surprisingly flexible tool for making strong resource allocation decisions that maximize nonprofit impact.
Impact Investing
Capital Aggregation: A Market-Making Idea for Impact
We need to explore new services to match impact investor interest with market demand.
Leadership
Rethinking Alumni Programs for Greater Impact
Five common weaknesses of alumni programs and what the organizations running them can do better.
Environment
Where Credit Is Due?
Credit unions focused specifically on financing environmental projects are beginning to offer a much-needed source of loans.
Environment
Want to Make America Prosperous Again? Bet on Nature, not Fossil Fuels
Land restoration, clean energy, and sustainable agriculture offer better investment returns and more US jobs than oil, gas, and coal.