Favoriser une agriculture biologique locale créatrice d'emplois. Lundi 22 juillet 2013 1 22 /07 /Juil /2013 00:00 Comment nourrir la population tout en favorisant la production locale et, surtout, en créant des emplois?
Voilà un modèle économique qui fonctionne, celui de la micro-ferme. Expérimentée par un agriculteur canadien, Jean-Martin Fortier, il permet de produire beaucoup de légumes sur une petite surface. Avec moins d'un hectare de terre, cet agriculteur arrive à vivre. Pour cela, il applique plusieurs principes: -on pratique une agriculture intensive, dans le sens où les légumes sont cultivés très serrés sur des planches surélevées qui ne sont jamais retournées et labourées.
-pas de tracteurs et peu d'intrants: on limite ainsi la dépendance et les investissements financiers. -la production locale est revendue sous la forme de paniers. La micro-ferme est donc bien un modèle économique viable. Ce système de micro-fermes peut permettre plusieurs applications concrètes et pratiques: Bio et hyperproductive : la ferme magique d'un agriculteur québécois. Jardinier-maraîcher ?
11 Important Factors to Consider Before You Buy a Franchise. For would-be (or current) entrepreneurs, becoming a franchisee, especially for a successful outfit, seems like a shorter path to profitability.
That said, the devil’s in the details — and there’s more to a franchise opportunity than upfront costs and prior successes. We asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invitation-only organization comprised of the country’s most promising young entrepreneurs, the following question to find out what factors to consider when evaluating a potential franchising opportunity: “What’s one often overlooked thing you should consider when evaluating a franchising opportunity?” Here’s what YEC community members had to say: 1. Chinese pay more for imported baby goods over contamination fears.
Sophie the Giraffe is a teething toy taking over the world one baby mouth at a time.
The toy, handmade in France from Malaysian rubber sap, is the rage for parents of toddlers the world over, including China. But the knobby chew toy is priced around US$30 in China, nearly three times the price in France. It’s not a shock for Chinese parents, who have long lived with imported baby products that are sharply more expensive than elsewhere in the world.
Last week, Chinese authorities began an investigation into possible price-fixing and anti-competitive practices at five foreign companies manufacturing infant formula milk, including Nestle, Abbott Laboratories, Mead Johnson Nutrition, Danone’s Dumex brand and Wyeth Nutrition. Enterrement de vie de garçon: partez avec Crazy-evG! Production de site web, agence de localisation multimédia multilingue, traduction site web. Pret inter particuliers. Personal Loans and Online Investing - Peer to Peer Lending. Zopa UK Loans - Get a great rate loan from Zopa Lenders. Wingman Businesses Cash in on Men's Dating Dilemmas. How three entrepreneurs got their start in the growing niche business of love.
Sipping a whiskey on the rocks, Thomas Edwards, 26, listens intently to a man across the bar in Manhattan's bustling Union Square area. "I have no idea where to meet or even talk to new people," confesses the man, who arranged this private meeting with Edwards. "I'm desperate. I need help figuring this dating thing out. " Thomas Edwards, founder of The Professional Wingman Photo courtesy of Aram Boghosian Dating is something Edwards knows a thing or two about. If you've ever seen the 2005 movie Hitch, then you probably get the idea.
Kadank. ... l'Ethical Fashion fait son Show - Les filles pensent que... Samedi 3 septembre 2011 6 03 /09 /Sep /2011 10:00 Une mode à la fois jolie, accessible et qui préserve la planète, c’est possible !
C’est le pari qu’ont fait certaines marques : utiliser des matières bio, faire travailler des artisans locaux… Pour la huitième année consécutive, l’Ethical Fashion Show célèbre ces créateurs. Rendez-vous au Carrousel du Louvre, du 1er au 4 septembre, pour découvrir une mode qui change. Un développement qu’on espère durable Pour participer au salon, les marques doivent remplir un certain nombre de critères. La charte de bonne conduite est simple : 1/ Pour une mode produite dans les conditions respectueuses de l’Homme. Abandon Your Big Idea. But Don’t Give Up Your Big Ambition. December 8th, 2011 · 32 comments.
China manufacturing. I just finished reading (most of it anyway) Bruce W.
Mitchell’s book/tome, 13 Steps to Manufacturing in China. Shoot me if I don’t use the word “comprehensive” or some equivalent at least five times in this post. Anatomy Of A China Scam. Part II. Conclusion And Advice. : China Law Blog : China Law for Business. Earlier this week, we ran part I of this two part series.
Part I consisted of Jennie Shi, Felix Zhang, Wendy Zheng and Robert Walsh, all of Samsara Biopharma Consulting, writing of an incident they investigated in which their client had been scammed by an alleged chemical seller based in China. The client had purchased a high end chemical and had ended up with an unidentified white powder. Samsara sought to help this company recover for its not insubstantial loss. Part I detailed the investigation of the companies that perpetrated the scam. Anatomy Of A China Scam. Part I. Just The Facts. : China Law Blog : China Law for Business. Many months ago, a friend of mine at Samsara Biopharma Consulting told me of a matter his company had taken on to try to help a company that appeared to have been scammed by a Chinese chemical seller.
I frequently hear of such scams in the chemical industry so I asked my friend if he would write a post for us on this matter once it was concluded. The below is the first part of that post, written by Jennie Shi, Felix Zhang, Wendy Zheng and Robert Walsh of Samsara: About 2 years ago we were asked by a friend of a friend to source some specialty chemicals for his US-based inks company. As a courtesy, and because we were in the middle of a similar exercise for another client, we went ahead and added the request to the list of what we were already working on. Un datacenter entièrement alimenté aux énergies renouvelables ouvre en Islande.
Five Businesses Born at a Bar. The back-of-the-napkin business plan is not just a myth. Here are just a few examples of business ideas that took shape over drinks. Once in a while, the drinks let loose a sparkler of an idea and a cocktail napkin takes a turn as notebook. We went looking for entrepreneurial ideas conceived at bars. Here's what we found. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Five Rules for Bootstrapping Success. Follow these tips to get your dream business off the ground without seeking outside investors. It may be slower, less sexy, and counterintuitive, but you can be better off growing your small business by bootstrapping rather than seeking outside capital. Clean-Tech Venture Capital Jumps 54% in First Quarter 2011. There’s no doubt about it, Silicon Vally is in another bubble, and this time, clean tech is getting its piece of the pie. Clean-tech venture capital funding jumped 54% in the first quarter of 2011, with $1.1 billion pouring into green companies compared with $743.3 million in the first quarter of 2010.
But the number of deals fell from 79 to 69, which means more money is being focused on fewer companies. Could it be that investors are already to the point of weeding out the impractical ideas and funding promising green tech ventures? That would be exciting news for the energy industry in particular, which has struggled to pull itself into the green economy. Not all the funds are going to California: 30 deals were based in California, but 7 went to Massachusetts with a mix of other states bringing up the rear. How Gamesalad Can Help You Create Your Own Video Game. How One Family Business Stays Independent.
Some family-owned companies fall apart when mixing personal relationships with business. Not so, say the owners of Brookhaven, N.Y. -based Fireworks by Grucci Inc. Family pride and loyalty are what the Gruccis say has led them to grow a small business into a multimillion dollar operation -- while keeping it independently owned for six generations. "For me, the dream my father and mother had -- one of independence without outside investors -- is the dream I wish to keep alive today," says executive vice president and chief financial officer Felix Grucci Jr. FastCompany.com - Where ideas and people meet. Sprout : des montres biodégradables. Vous vous sentez l’âme d’un écologiste ou souhaitez en avoir l’air, histoire de frimer un peu lors de réunions de famille ou de repas entre amis ?
Ou encore pour « montrer » à votre entourage que vous êtes, malgré tout, une personne soucieuse de l’état actuel de notre si belle planète ? Alors, les montres biodégradables Sprout devraient vous plaire. Vous vous sentez l’âme d’un écologiste ou souhaitez en avoir l’air, histoire de frimer un peu lors de réunions de famille ou de repas entre amis ? Ou encore pour « montrer » à votre entourage que vous êtes, malgré tout, une personne soucieuse de l’état actuel de notre si belle planète ?
Alors, les montres biodégradables Sprout devraient vous plaire.