On any given day in Newark, New Jersey, if you’re lucky enough to be there, you might find yourself in the middle of a cash mob of local shoppers looking to help raise the profile of a local business and…
From rural main street communities to urban neighborhood centers, local first organizations put on “Buy Local” campaigns, create programming to support and grow businesses, and advocate for policies to better the infrastructure for local businesses. These are some of the…
Can data collection and community mapping make strides toward greater equity in American cities? One Southern nonprofit says yes. Data collection and mapping can often be a tedious process. Partners jump on and off these types of projects all the…
I’m excited to share part three of a three-part series written along with Jessica Haynie that focuses on how an organization can make the commitment to change, using a Transformational framework. In this article, we conclude our three-part series on…
I’m excited to share part two of a three-part series written along with Jessica Haynie that focuses on how an organization can make the commitment to change, using a Transformational framework. The new year is a time for renewal, a…
I’m excited to share my latest article written along with Jessica Haynie that focuses on how an organization can make the commitment to change, using a Transformational framework. In the nonprofit world, we talk about change all the time in…
Vicki Pozzebon and Alan Webber There’s a new conversation, a new set of practices and a new vocabulary in the evolving effort to support local economies: Anchor institutions. Local procurement. Procurement policies. Impact investing. What do these terms mean? And…
Microeconomics (from Greek prefix mikro- meaning “small”) is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of limited resources. This is in contrast to macroeconomics, which involves the “sum total…
I’m excited to share my latest article written along with Jessica Haynie that focuses on the importance of investing in the local food system. Funders who are considering lending their support to the local food movement often ask, “Where do…
I’ve just returned from a whirlwind convening of the annual Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) conference of localists in Phoenix, Arizona. I say whirlwind because I got swept up in the energy and excitement of this year’s theme,…
Full disclosure: I am no soil expert. I fancy myself more of an expert on water quality, having grown up with a water well-drilling father who was, in fact, a soil tester and certified geologist. I was the kid who…
Back when I was running the Santa Fe Alliance for locally owned independent businesses, we had this membership rule: 51 percent or more of the business had to be owned by the person living in Santa Fe. Every now and…
True confession: I don’t do crafts. I’m not really a DIY person who makes scrapbooks or crafts or Mason jars full of pretty, colorful stacks of beans as gifts for my friends. I’m much more practical in my gift giving….
Many years ago, over a locally sourced meal of free range chicken and roasted root veggies, while sampling New Mexico wines, a group of food activists and nonprofit leaders came together in my kitchen to discuss how we might further…
And other confessions from a local food pantry. I can’t eat beef stew because I barfed into a whole plate of it as a four year-old student of the YMCA day care center in 1977. I probably threw it all…
If you are a foodie, or maybe not even a foodie but just care about where your food comes from, chances are you also care where your beer, wine and spirits come from. Maybe you just like to impress your…
“The earth is what we all have in common.” ~ Wendell Berry On a recent Monday morning over coffee with a local artisan/entrepreneur, the subject of the poet Wendell Berry came up. I credit Berry as the guru of the…
In a struggling economy, I believe (call me crazy) that starting with the lowest-hanging fruit is how you rebuild. Our local food movement is booming with more farmers’ markets, more new products on the shelves and restaurants committed to sourcing…
originally published in Elephant Journal on Jan 24, 2013 I’ve started dating again. Let me clarify that: I’ve been single for five years, had a couple of good relationships but nothing stuck. Then 2011 came and gave me a startling awakening of the…
I’ve started dating again. Let me clarify that: I’ve been single for five years, had a couple of good relationships but nothing stuck. Then 2011 came and gave me a startling awakening of the things that can easily come crashing down…
This article appeared in the December 2012 issue of Green Fire Times. “What is your theory of change?” a friend and colleague asked me recently. The question caught me so off guard I paused for several seconds to form a…
This article appeared in the July 2012 edition of Green Fire Times. Walking into the warehouse at The Way We Grow, I was struck by the overwhelming tasks at hand for start-up entrepreneurs. Perhaps it was this comment from owner…
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