Rethinking Alumni Programs for Greater Impact
Five common weaknesses of alumni programs and what the organizations running them can do better.
Food Innovative ways to increase access to food resources and improve food systems
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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.
Funding Without Prescription
In bringing the nutrition cohort a carefully calculated strategy, patient capital, and a willingness to let go, Newman’s Own Foundation is demonstrating success at the heart of the collaboration challenge.
Farming in Detroit
The number of urban gardens in Detroit has been increasing as people seek to put abandoned land to better use.
Actionable Measurement: Getting from “Prove” to “Improve”
There’s a set of common questions every direct-service nonprofit should answer to maximize learning, action, and impact.
All Aboard the Food Forest
A free food project on New York’s waterways challenges residents to imagine how we might adapt to a more resource-constrained world.
The Terrace Keepers
Farmers in the Cordillera region of the Philippines prosper by selling heirloom rice, with help from a company called Eighth Wonder.
Cultivating Coffee Co-ops
Many of the more than 355,000 smallholder coffee farmers in Rwanda are members of producer co-ops.
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Capturing Emissions for Fish Food
NovoNutrients uses bacteria to convert CO2 and other industrial emissions into fish food.
Teaming with Suppliers for Sustainable Food
Even companies making steady progress toward sustainability cannot go much further without collaborating across the value chain.
In Defense of “Doing Too Much”
More investors need to bet on early-stage social ventures that cover all the bases, and more entrepreneurs need to build them.
Algae for Food and Green Jobs
EnerGaia is growing spirulina to feed people and help the environment.
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.