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Socially Responsible and Sustainable Business, Professional Audience

• Cultivating Revolution: Public Domain, Farmer-Direct Seed. In Good Tilth, January/February 2012 (co-written with Steve Peters)
• Growing a More Sustainable Food Trade, Organically. CCOF Magazine, Spring 2011.
• Responsible Packaging: Organic Industry Collaboration Leads the Way. Organic Processing Magazine, March/April 2011
• Digging Around for Sustainable Food, Green Biz, 3/29/11
• Small Companies Offer Big Sustainability Lessons, GreenBiz, 10/28/10
• Cultivating Equitable Access to Organic Foods. Oregon Tilth, Nov/Dec 2010.
• Building Sustainability Leadership From Organic Practices, The Organic Report, 9/10
• Ten Must-Answer Questions When Mulling Third-Party Certification, GreenBiz, 8/30/10
• 10 Tips for Savvy Shopping in the Certification Marketplace, GreenBiz, 7/14/10
• The Running Shoe Leading the Race to Sustainability, GreenBiz, 3/1/10
• Getting Real About Measurement: How to Size Up the Triple Bottom Line, GreenBiz, 1 1/26/10
• Moving Green Consumer Purchasing From ‘Me’ to ‘We’, GreenBiz, 11/24/09
• Using Sustainability Labels to Drive Performance, GreenBiz, 10/28/09
• Engaging Consumers to Green Up Their Act, GreenBiz, 9/15/09
• What’s the Point of Corporate Responsibility Rankings?, GreenBiz, 8/5/09
• CSR Reports: Absolutely Radical or Relatively Transparent?, GreenBiz, 7/9/09

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Socially Responsible and Sustainable Living and Business, General Audience

(Also did photography for majority of pieces in Daily Tidings)

• Catching the Rain, HomeLife Magazine, May 2011 (4/28/11)
  Two-Wheel Commuters, Oregon Healthy Living, March 2011 (2/21/11)
• Waste Not: Green living master recyclers live zero waste lifestyles, Mail Tribune, 1/30/11.
• Staying Warm in Sustainable Style, HomeLife Magazine, February 2011 (1/27/11)
• 11 Resolutions for 2011: Planning for Personal & Planetary Health, Oregon Healthy Living, January 2011 (12/17/10) (PDF)
• Green Gifting: Joy for All, Joy Magazine, December 2010 (PDF)
• Green Giving, Mail Tribune, 11/28/10 (PDF)
• Green Home for the Holidays, HomeLife Magazine, December 2010 (PDF)
• Tips for a Greener Thanksgiving, Joy Magazine, 11/10
• Brooks Green Silence is Sole Mate for the Conscious Runner (review), Daily Green, 9/2/10
• Bringing Farm Fresh Goodness to You, Locals Guide, 3/10
• Standing Stone Puts a New Spin on Sustainability With Free Bikes for Employees, Locals Guide, 9/09
• Cooler Shade of Green: Energy efficient cooling, Ashland Daily Tidings, 8/24/07
• Standing Stone Brewing Company Tapped for State of Oregon Sustainability Award, Ashland Daily Tidings
• Making the Earth our Home: Natural Building, Ashland Daily Tidings, 6/7/07
• Community Supported Agriculture Shares Rewards of Local Farming, Ashland Daily Tidings, 5/17/07
• Seeds for the Future: Wilderness Charter School, Ashland Daily Tidings, 5/11/07
• Fast Food: Spring Gardening, Ashland Daily Tidings, 4/5/07
• Standing up for Sustainability: Standing Stone Brewing Co., model green business, Ashland Daily Tidings, 3/22/07
• Opening Mother Nature’s Apothecary: Jon Carlson, Herbalist, Ashland Daily Tidings, 1/11/07
• Climate Change: Global Crisis, Local Solutions: Bill Bradbury Inspires Ashland, Ashland Daily Tidings, 12/06
• Less is More: Recycling Beyond the Curb, Ashland Daily Tidings, 11/22/06
• Backyard Alchemy: Composting Turns Leaves and More Into Gardener’s Gold, Ashland Daily Tidings, 11/11/06
• Home, Green Home: Ashland Green & Solar Home Tour, Ashland Daily Tidings, 11/1/06
• Backyard Sustainability, Ashland Daily Tidings, 10/4/06
• Growing a sustainable, local future: Eagle Mill Farming Education Project, Ashland Daily Tidings, 8/23/06
• Welcome Home, Sustainability: Off Grid Home in Ashland, Ashland Daily Tidings, 7/27/06
• Permaculture, Ashland Daily Tidings, 6/16/06
• A Dream of Community: Fordyce Street Cohousing, Ashland Daily Tidings, 6/10/06
• Our Dirty Secret : Following our Trash & Recycling, Ashland Daily Tidings, 5/18/06
• Locally Grown: People the Planet Prosper, Ashland Daily Tidings, 5/11/06
• Earth Day: Enlightened fun for global change, Ashland Daily Tidings, 4/20/06
• Pearly There: Growing Tree Crops, Ashland Daily Tidings,
• Every Oregon home can support clean electricity, Ashland Daily Tidings, 3/23/06
• Think organic when planning your garden, Ashland Daily Tidings, 3/9/06
• Solar Energy offers hope for the future, Ashland Daily Tidings, 2/23/06

Gardening: HomeLife Magazine

• Hot Time for Fall Gardening 8/07
• Seven Secrets for Successful Gardens 6/07
• Color Your World with a Cutting Garden 4/07
• Berry Wonderful Bounty 3/07
• Lasting Rewards: Planting Perennials From Seed 2/07
• Rise to the Occasion – Planting on Hillsides and Berms 1/07

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Presentations

Teaching

Farm Marketing Class: Class 1, Class 2 (11/2011, OSU Extension Small Farms Program)

Socially Responsible & Sustainable Business

• Managing GHG Emissions to Save Energy, Costs and the Environment. (FTSLA/SFTA Webinar, 5/18/11)
• Responsible Packaging, FTC Green Guides & Greenwash. (Natural Products Expo West, 3/10/11)
• International Fair Labor & Ethical Trade. (Organicology Conference, 2/10/11)
• Measuring the Environmental Impact of Food Products. (Sustainable Foods Summit, 1/18/11)
• Supplier Sustainability: Standards, Code of Conduct & Purchasing Guidelines. (FTSLA Webinar, 1/20/11)
• Employee Sustainability Engagement & Education. (FTSLA/SFTA Webinar, 11/11/10)
• Fair Labor & Equitable Trade: Business Case, Certifications & Internal Programs, Best Practice Examples (FTSLA/SFTA Webinar, 9/10)
• Sustainability Measurement & Reporting: Business Case, Guidance & Best Practice Examples (Expo East/ATO, 10/10)
• Communicating Sustainable Business Practices With Integrity and Impact (FTSLA/SFTA Webinar, 6/10) (6 MB PDF)
• Sustainability Measurement (FTSLA/SFTA Webinar 3/25/10)
• Sustainability Certifications, Metrics and Standards (EcoFarm Conference, 1/10)
• Measuring & Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (FTSLA/SFTA Webinar 12/17/09)
• Measuring & Communicating Organic Benefits (Natural Products Expo East, 10/09)
• Measuring & Communicating Organic Benefits (Organic Summit, 6/09)

Chocolate

• Chocolate Unlocking the Mystery from Bean to Bar (Oregon Chocolate Festival, 3/11)
  • Presentation for adults (18 MB)
  • Presentation for children and families (18 MB PDF)
• Behind the Label: Certifications and Chocolate (Southern Oregon Chocolate Alliance, 2010) (9.5 MB PDF)

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