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http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=2&tax_level=2&tax_subject=299&level3_id=0&level4_id=0&level5_id=0&topic_id=1432&&placement_default=0 This manual identifies and describes publications, Web sites, marketing options, resource lists, funding programs, data and more related to many aspects of farm diversification. Replaces the "Tool Kit".

On-farm Enterprises and Value-added Products : Alternative Marketing and Business Practices : Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

What's a BOPreneur?

http://bopreneur.blogspot.com/ Teju Ravilochan is a co-founder of the Unreasonable Institute , which accelerates entrepreneurs tackling global challenges with 6 weeks of mentorship, access to capital, and a worldwide network of support.
http://authenticorganizations.com/ The most promising feature of a community of commerce is the way that members in the community work to ensure each other’s success, even if doing that costs them something. When members in a community help each other, we often don’t notice that there is a real cost in giving that help. Instead, because we are so trained to presume that any business-related action has a profit motive, we mis-interpret the cost of helping a customer as treat is as an “investment”.

Authentic Organizations

The fifth annual edition of our State of Green Business report continues our efforts to measure the environmental impacts of the emerging green economy. In addition to documenting what progress companies are making -- if any -- in improving their environmental performance, we track larger trends that will affect corporate America in 2012.

Green Business News, Resources, and Sustainability Career Tools | Business | GreenBiz.com

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If green is the new black then social entrepreneurship is the hottest rising trend, but it is a trend that seems here to stay. Indeed, the realization that making a profit can also have a positive impact on the communities in which businesses operate is solidifying in the marketplace. As consumers become more socially and green-aware, there is increasing demand for products and services that respect the environments and people around us all. http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2011/05/24/the-top-50-social-entrepreneurship-blogs-to-watch-in-2011/

The Top 50 Social Entrepreneurship Blogs to Watch in 2011

TreeHugger

http://www.treehugger.com/ TreeHugger Are you ready for a rooftop fish farm like this on top of your apartment building? bit.ly/JKbxfh yesterday · reply · retweet · favorite