Organics in China & Other Blog Rants
Here’s what I’m reading lately:
China Bound. Jim Harkness, the president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (who is also fluent in Mandarin), is blogging about organic food and farming from China, including a fledgling organic store with its own farm and CSA-like business in Beijing. Speaking to a store clerk, Harkness reports: "I ask how he likes working for an organic
business and he said, ‘It’s wonderful!’ And then, with a dramatic
gesture sweeping his hand across his face, ‘They’ve torn away the
masks!’ When I looked puzzled, he explained that most people hide their
problems, cover up bad news or talk behind other peoples’ backs. ‘Here
if something’s wrong we have to acknowledge it and deal with it.’” Sounds a bit different from recent China headines.
Sustainable Business? Mark Powell, who works at the Ocean Conservancy making sure fish have a future, blogged from a Stanford Business School seminar on business strategies for […]
Original post by Samuel Fromartz and software by Elliott Back
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