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Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
With the growing number of young entrepreneurs starting business within food systems and urban farming, the need for sustainable strategies grows. Proper strategy will be the difference between successful startups and failed potentials. When sustainability is added to the mix, not only does the proper strategy become apparent, the community can also become ameliorated through the business's goals and achievements. One such business that aims to survive...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Currently Heifer International is in year three of the application of Theory of Change, giving this research enough time to evaluate performance while allowing for early stage input into the process. Planned and evaluated change can generate a strategic design that incorporates the inevitable environmental and social shifts through tracked assumptions and calculations; this is the basic premise of TOC methodology. Heifer International is a 70 year...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This must-have guide to the leading small business accounting software goes over the key features of QuickBooks and shows you, step-by-step, how to plan your perfect budget, simplify tax returns, manage inventory, and many other financial tasks.
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This Applied Professional Project by Kathy Fournier synthesizes the work from a practicum and an independent study to explore the aesthetics and business of nature photography. The practicum focused on nature photography, while the independent study concentrated on a business plan for the author's own nature photography business. Therefore, this Applied Professional Project was twofold: 1) Create a photo project that applies to an interest in nature...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Health systems are facing significant challenges in the climate of health care payment reform, and as a result sustainability efforts-- defined as taking into account social, environmental, and economic considerations when making business decisions-- are often given lower priority. In fact, sustainable business practices can support efforts to improve health. The existing literature and interviews with key leaders in sustainable hospital food supply...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Local food is an important aspect of a resilient food infrastructure and the demand for more access to local food is on the rise. Regional food hubs area one way to help increase the resiliency of a local food system and broaden the reach of small and medium sized farmers. In fact values-based supply chains- defined as a supply chain with strategic collaborations between farmers, processors, distributors, and retailers that operate with transparency...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When her half-sister Ophelia, the bastard child of a notorious pirate queen hanged by superstitious townsfolk, enlists in the navy under her name, nervous homebody Betsy must brave the dangers of the sea to get them both safely home and save the family business.
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This study explores the need for and sets forth a proposal strategy for sustainability for the wine industry (including grape growing and winemaking) in the Leelanau Michigan Approved Viticulture Area. The document utilizing a case study design begins by summarizing the area's historical background, stakeholders, industry life cycle and business environments and reviews current environmental and social elements as well as addresses the current status...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
While many people have shown an interest in fresher food, fresh food is not always readily available. In considering the various solutions to this issue, individuals may choose to explore indoor container gardening as a solution. There are many stores in the local geographic area which sell gardening supplies for both outdoor and indoor enthusiasts. The available options offer what is necessary to fulfill the consumer's gardening needs. Based upon...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Coffee is Honduras' most valuable export and is supported by the Honduran Institute of Coffee (IHCAFE) and other private and non-government organizations (NGO's) representing all aspects of the coffee value chain. It is important to illustrate the sustainable aspects of Specialty Coffee given that coffee is a worldwide commodity whose market is a community that values the environment, the social aspects of those that produce it and their ability to...
13) Reaching for restaurant resiliency: a handbook for operating a sustainable student run restaurant
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Restaurants must become resilient to economic, environmental and social challenges by applying sustainable practices. One way of educating future entrepreneurs, emerging professionals and the public is by displaying operation models of student run restaurants that apply sustainable techniques successfully. This project presents two case studies that identify sustainability standards and practices in the industry. The result was an instruction manual...