To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, The Burton D. Morgan Foundation has launched a blog for individuals to post stories of the growing culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in Northeast Ohio. Please share how an entrepreneurship event, connection, activity or achievement has inspired you to strive for new heights in your life, education or career.  The emerging business cases around agriculture and the biosciences should provide good examples!  See

http://globaleweekblog.blogspot.com/

Last week, Carol Goland, Executive Director for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA), emailed an announcement about upcoming events
in conjunction with OEFFA's 30th year celebration to be held at Whole
Foods in Columbus on July 23rd through the 25th.  The line-up

Ross, the other interns and I spent some time brainstorming our ideas for the stories we want to tell.  We’re aiming for about ten in the next seven and a half weeks.  Please give us some feedback about which ideas you think are best, which stories you think people need to hear, etc.  These are our ideas so far:

The NY Times for Friday, 19 June 2009 included an article entitled For Colleges, Small Cuts Add Up to Big Savings by Tamar Lewin.  The College of Wooster and Oberlin College were mentioned for their cost-cutting measures such as summer jobs for students in landscaping and vegetable gardening along with reductions in food services as noted in the following quote from the article:

Callie Hopkins 

Mentor: Dr.Casey Hoy

Co-mentor: Dr.Ross MacDonald

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