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B-Corps: Business as a force for good

March 16, 2015March 1, 2015 by Xpress Contributor

From The Get It! Guide: The traditional view of business is severely limiting, if not destructive. To address today’s greatest challenges, we need to harness the power of business as a force for good.

How to lobby your local government

March 16, 2015March 1, 2015 by Cameron Huntley

From the Get It! Guide: Government is pervasive and omnipresent that it may be easy to think that an individual voice will not be heard. But Timothy Sadler doesn’t think that’s the case — in fact, he says, getting involved in local government is just a matter of learning the ropes.

Blue Ridge Food Ventures: Adding dimension to the local food system

March 16, 2015March 1, 2015 by Xpress Contributor

From the Get It! Guide: No one could have imagined that Blue Ridge Food Ventures would become one of the best-known facilities of its type in the country or remain the largest in the Southeast to this day. Since its official opening in 2005, Blue Ridge Food Ventures has helped launch more than 250 small businesses.

Waste not, help more: The Haywood County Gleaners use excess to fight want

March 16, 2015March 1, 2015 by Carrie Eidson

From the Get It! Guide: The Haywood County Gleaners currently work with 17 farms and farmers markets to gather leftover crops and donate them at 27 different sites, including senior centers and food pantries.

Just Economics changes the definition of success

March 16, 2015March 1, 2015 by Xpress Contributor

From the Get It! Guide: How do we define a successful business? According to Just Economics, it’s about more than dollars and cents.

Communities grow together: A conversation with Sir Charles Gardner

March 17, 2015March 1, 2015 by George Etheredge

From the Get It! Guide: Sir Charles Gardner, a founding member of Gardens United, talks about food and building community through agriculture.

A little bit at a time: Joshua Young rebuilds his life with the help of Green Opportunities

March 16, 2015March 1, 2015 by Max Hunt

From the Get It! Guide: Joshua Young faced a difficult transition upon his release from a seven-year prison stint. “I said, ‘Joshua, what are you really going to do with your life?,’” Young recalls. At Green Opportunities, Young found the fair chance he needed to rebuild his life.

Carol Coulter and Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture forge connections for small farms

March 16, 2015March 1, 2015 by Max Hunt

From the Get It! Guide: Tried of the barriers facing new female farmers, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture joined together to form connections and overcome the learning curve.

Elaine Ingham’s manifesto: Let your garden’s wisdom guide your gardening and your life

March 16, 2015March 1, 2015 by Xpress Contributor

“We need to educate people to understand that plants can, indeed, take care of themselves without people getting in the way,” asserts Elaine Ingham, an iconic figure in organic farming and a world-renowned soil microbiologist who is returning to Western North Carolina for two upcoming engagements later this week.

How to lobby your local government

Waste not, help more: The Haywood County Gleaners use excess to fight want

Elaine Ingham’s manifesto: Let your garden’s wisdom guide your gardening and your life

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