Posts Tagged ‘stonyfield farm’

Food, Inc.

Posted on: July 9th, 2009 by socialventurenetwork No Comments

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing in true muckraker fashion, the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American. It features interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin and Stonyfield Farms’s President and CEO and SVN member, Gary Hirshberg.

Food, Inc. is now being shown in the US and in Canada. For showtimes and ticket information click here.

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Working Within the System to Change It

Posted on: April 24th, 2009 by Alyssa No Comments

At the “To Sell or Not to Sell” panel, 3 senior SVN CEO’s shared their strategies on how to change the face of business and expand your impact through growth and acquisitions.sell-business-panel

“This is our time. This is the time to change,” said Sheryl O’Loughlin, CEO of Nest Naturals. The panel – comprised of natural food innovators Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farm; Seth Goldman, co-founder of Honest Tea; and Sheryl. – emphasized a common message: Socially-conscious businesses must work within the system in order to change the system.

Jonathan Greenblatt of Ethos Water opened with the big question: “is there a way to take advantage of the corporate-dominated system to get the right message out to consumers?”
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Vote for an SVN member for a Social Enterprise Award!

Posted on: April 13th, 2009 by ericasvn No Comments

SVN members nominated by BusinessWeek

Help an SVN-er win a Business Week Social Entrepreneurship Award

Business Week Magazine is now conducting an online vote for its Social Entrepreneurship Awards and four out of the 25 nominees are led by SVN members! We encourage you to click here to check out the finalists, then click here to vote for your favorite. No email entry or other registration is required, and voting takes only about ten seconds. Several of the finalists are SVN members, including:

  • Impact Makers: a profit- and performance-driven competitive social venture that directs all profits directly to its charity partner (RxPartnership, which provides free pharmaceuticals to uninsured medical patients)
  • CleanFish: he company connects small-scale fish suppliers with distributors to get sustainable seafood to restaurant kitchens and supermarkets, in an effort build a market for sustainable aquaculture and wild fishing that doesn’t damage the environment
  • IceStone: recycled residential and commercial surface materials by removing waste from the production stream
  • Revolution Foods: deliver nutritious and healthy lunches to more than 20,000 lunches to more than 100 schools in the Bay Area and Los Angeles
  • Stonyfield Farm: all natural and organic yogurt

Support an SVN member and vote today!

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