I spent all of last week meeting and studying with the great people at New Seasons Market, an amazing values-driven grocery company in Portland, OR. My trip was paid for by Leaderspring, a two-year leadership development program for nonprofit leaders that I’m participating in. The purpose of my visit to New Seasons Market was […]

Since 1972 the WIC Program, which is meant to improve the nutrition of low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants and children under the age of five, has remained unchanged. For decades the federal program has operated “WIC stores” which only sell food for vouchers issued by the state WIC program and do not accept […]

In January 2008 I made two trips to New York to build bridges with important movements.
Green for All Planning Retreat: In early January I attended a planning retreat for Green for All in upstate New York. Green for All is a new initiative to “to help build a green economy strong enough to lift […]