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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
2000

Vol. 22, No. 5

  Page Article
10 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
FROM BARN START-UP TO LARGEST ORGANIC FARM CO-OP
JoAnne Killeen
Sales for the year 2000 are projected at $77 million, as Wisconsin-based cooperative grows to 295 farmer members in 15 states.
  13 PARADIGM SHIFT
FOSTERING ORGANIC BUSINESSES
Greg MacLeod
Participants at Nova Scotia gathering believe that locally based, “organic” approach to business is needed to support communities.
  14 BEYOND ORGANIC
CONSUMER DEMAND FOR CLEAN FOOD CUTS TOXIC CHEMICAL USE
Christy Porter Humpert
Environmental pressures and improved profit margins are driving large scale growers to seek nonpolluting methods to manage farms.
16 TEACHING CHANGE
PRESERVING RURAL ROOTS
Robin Kohanowich
Classes, internships and outreach by Central Carolina Community College program lead to more organic farmers and sustainable agriculture proponents.
   
18 ON THE COVER: GREEN BUILDING
GREENING THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Rick Barnett
Federal, state and local governments incorporate green principles in their buildings and provide incentives for others to follow suit. Part II
  20 GREEN BUILDING AT GOLDEN HILLS
 
22
ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND HOME BUILDING PRODUCTS
Robert Feinbaum
San Francisco conference shows burgeoning development of products that boost sustainability of new home construction.
  24 LANDMARK GREEN OFFICE BUILDING
   
  25 HELP WHEN IT COUNTS
CLEAN ENERGY BUSINESS INCUBATORS
Lawrence Murphy
New national alliance will help technology-based incubators provide business and financial resources to start-up clean energy companies.
  26 TEXAS LAUNCHES CLEAN ENERGY INCUBATOR
27 COLLEGIATE COMMITMENT
PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYMENT
Brian F. Hartz
College graduates vow to make environmental and social responsibility
a high priority in their employment choices and work.
   
 
28
FAVORITE GREEN PRODUCTS
B.J. Harris
From Where I Sit ...
   
 
30
SUSTAINABLE COMMERCE
Robert F. Young
The End Of Sprawl
   
 
31
GREEN MARKETING
Jacquelyn A. Ottman
It's Not Just The Environment, Stupid
     
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