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MARCH/APRIL
2000

Vol. 22, No. 2

  Page Article
    NEW FOOD CHAIN
12 MANY COOKS MAKE A RESTAURANT SUCCESS
Leslie Schaller
Founded by unemployed workers, Casa Nueva in Athens, Ohio generated over $1 million in sales last year, while featuring locally sourced foods on its menu.
  13 CASA NUEVA HIGHLIGHTS
  14 HELPING FOOD ENTREPRENEURS IN THE NORTHEAST
Centers in New York and Vermont will help star-up food businesses determine best markets for their products, evaluate quality and work effectively with local growers.
16 WAREHOUSE ROOFTOP SUPPORTS URBAN AGRICULTURE
Lauren Baker
Toronto nonprofit nurtures and eventually takes over reins of small business that grows produce on the roof of its warehouse.
   
19 COOKING WITH CARBON
FOOD ACTIVISTS FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING
David Biddle
New “cookbook” helps move businesses of all sizes away from defensive postures and toward an investments that compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions.
   
  22 CREATING SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS GOES GLOBAL
Jonathan Cohen
The United Nations seeks to work with businesses to “reduce poverty and promote environmentally sustainable growth.” Partnerships and resources accelerate the pace of socially responsible commerce.
24 WATERSHED PROTECTION
BIKE & BOAT BLENDS EDUCATION WITH FUN
Tom Kerr and Eleanor Yang
Watershed “project tours” on Pennsylvania’s Lehigh River start with kids. Things flow naturally from there for the enterprising wildland Conservancy.
26 TWO DECADES IN BIOENERGY
PIONEERING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY
Robert Feinbaum
California consulting firm makes steady advances in turning agricultural waste into on-farm power and fertilizer.
28 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
GROUP EFFORT SAVES NATION’S FIRST CSA FARM
Susan Witt
E.F. Schumacher Society, The Nature Conservancy and a community land trust join forces to purchase land, keeping an organic community supported agriculture farm in production and out of development.
  31 EFFECTIVE RIPPLES
CRAFT DESIGNS WITH A RECYCLED FLAIR
Ellen Kochansky
A summer meeting in South Carolina connects creative minds with each other and with a mission of achieving sustainable goals.
  32 SERVING CUSTOMER NEEDS
LAUNCHING GREEN INITIATIVES AT A MAJOR CORPORATION
Kerry Krumsiek
Food service and facilities management conglomerate adds recycling component to its contract clients, and everyone comes out ahead.
   
  34 FAVORITE GREEN PRODUCTS
B.J. Harris
Shedding Light On Energy-Efficient Bulbs
   
  36 GREEN MARKETING
Jacquelyn A. Ottman
Set An Outrageous Goal
   
  38 SUSTAINABLE COMMERCE
Rob Young
The Fire Next Time
     
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