Podcast appearances and mentions of judy wicks

How can we co-create a more just, compassionate, vibrant, and inclusive economy? In this interview, Judy Wicks shares how the Circle of Aunts and Uncles in Philadelphia does just that as they invest in and support local entrepreneurs. In our discussion, Judy goes even further to help us understand how supporting local businesses can build a more sustainable future for our community. Find a full transcript and show notes HERE.Sign up for our newsletter and join us at The Inclusive Community to discover conversations, insights, and practices to encourage and support each of us working to build a more inclusive and equitable community.If you would like to help continue and grow our work please visit our Support Us page. 

Sydney Grims' family has been involved in the hospitality industry for several generations, a family that strongly believes in supporting the organizations and communities surrounding them.  So when the original owner of White Dog Cafe was looking to sell her restaurant, one that Judy Wicks founded through her passion for preservation, the Grims' and their equal passion were the perfect fit.  Years later, Sydney Grims and her father, Marty Grims have continued to grow the White Dog Cafe brand by acquiring, renovating, and offering a delicious variety of experiences through their company FearlessRestaurantsGroup (FRG). Having recently opened White Dog Cafe in Chester Springs, Grims is preparing to open three new concepts under Fearless Restaurants; if you want to hear more about them, then be sure to listen to the show and hear all about it from Sydney!(https://www.fearlessrestaurants.com)I next spoke with Koren Draper, who has worked within the catering industry for years. As a result of the pandemic she shifted to preparing meals on a smaller scale as a private chef and caterer.  And as one door closes, another one opens and soon Draper found herself building a foundation for her own business: Koren's Kitchen. Through her business, Draper offers healthy, delicious meals for individuals, families, and private parties.  In addition to that, she also offers cooking classes so you can prepare and cook meals at home using the same techniques!  If you want to learn more about Koren Draper and Koren's Kitchen, tune in so you can take a class, order meals for your home, or find out how she can cater your next event!(https://korenskitchen.com)Joshua Hertzberg is deeply involved in the community he grew up in, including working within the political field of his hometown of Sparta, NJ. where every detail counts.  Of course, this is also something that extends to his personal life too. So, when Joshua began focusing on what he and his family were eating, it started him down a path to only having the highest quality of meats and produce in his home.  This eventually led him to wanting the same quality for his family when they were dining out, and he found was missing from his town.  I will let Joshua tell you the rest in his own words when you listen to his interview. However, I will say that you should check out Burger & Butcher if you want to taste for yourselves the level of effort Joshua puts in to ensure that every detail behind his new restaurant matters-including what you eat.(https://www.burgerandbutcher.com)

Elizabeth Guman is Managing Partner of Strategy Arts, a Philadelphia-based consulting group focusing on strategic planning, sustainability planning and market innovation. Elizabeth told a story at MSS9 about a lunch she shared with Judy Wicks early in her career set her feet on the path toward a life working for a more just, equitable and sustainable world. Judy Wicks is the Godmother of Sustainable Business, founder of The White Dog Cafe and author of Good Morning Beautiful Business. She joins Elizabeth on the podcast to discuss the history and future of the sustainable business model with host, Michael Schweisheimer. This is Part 2 of their conversation

Elizabeth Guman is Managing Partner of Strategy Arts, a Philadelphia-based consulting group focusing on strategic planning, sustainability planning and market innovation. Elizabeth told a story at MSS9 about a lunch she shared with Judy Wicks early in her career set her feet on the path toward a life working for a more just, equitable and sustainable world. Judy Wicks is the Godmother of Sustainable Business, founder of The White Dog Cafe and author of Good Morning Beautiful Business. She joins Elizabeth on the podcast to discuss the history and future of the sustainable business model with host, Michael Schweisheimer.

There's a lot to celebrate on this week's Food, Farms, & Chefs Radio Show, as we spoke with Tamas Szene who is the Director of Operations for Fearless Restaurants.  Szene joined us to celebrate White Dog Cafe's 40th Anniversary, and this iconic restaurant that helped bring the farm-to-table movement to the culinary industry.  Fearless Restaurants has even more to celebrate, as they announce their newest location on our show!  So stay tuned to learn more about this trend-setting establishment, and where they are opening next! To continue with our celebrations, we asked Melissa Fernando to join our family of foodies.  Melissa is no stranger to bringing flavor to every dish, as she grew up learning the piquant flavors behind a variety of cuisines.  Born in Sri Lanka, and growing up in Chennai, India Melissa eventually moved to Philadelphia, PA.  This dynamic self-taught chef made a name for herself when she established Sri's Company and began offering delicious food at pop-ups {markets} around Philly.  She quickly learned that the City of Brotherly Love, loved her back; as word of mouth spread, so did the popularity of her cuisine.  So stay tuned to find out just how many flavors we can celebrate with her now, and hopefully in the future too! Lastly, we're bringing back the enigmatic, energetic, and always knows how to entice our taste buds--Chef Joe Poon. He joined us in-studio to help celebrate Chinese New Year, and brought a feast along with him.  We celebrated the New Year by delving into a dozen types of dumplings, hand-made candy (inside the studio), and other good luck treats.  Joseph certainly knows how to celebrate in-style, and does so with a zeal while offering an insightful look at the traditions and symbolism of all the dishes presented to us.   We highly enjoyed our guests this week, and you will too.  So stay tuned until the end as we travel across the globe without leaving our seats!

Gina's new book is out on September 1st. It's available at ginaschaefer.com as well as https://www.amazon.com/Recovery-Hardware-Restoring-Community-Renovating/dp/B0B7C5CMT4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1XNHPEOSUHJM7&keywords=recovery+hardware+book&qid=1661988239&sprefix=recovery+hardward%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1 Gina is an entrepreneur who owns 13 Hardware stores in the DC Metro area. Gina ditched the booze years ago, and by a simple twist of fate became a beacon of light to people in early recovery looking for a fresh start. She tells the story of her journey on this weeks episode! Meet Gina CEO and Co-Founder, A Few Cool Hardware Stores Schaefer is Founder and CEO of a chain of Ace Hardware stores located in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, MD, Alexandria, VA, Takoma Park, MD and Silver Spring, MD. She is a passionate entrepreneur who grew her company from one to 13 stores in 18 years and now leads a multimillion-dollar business that employs more than 250 people. She is dedicated to maintaining a strong corporate culture. Schaefer's big passion is for developing urban markets, supporting small businesses and helping women to succeed in all aspects of the hardware industry. She has tirelessly focused on the "Return to Main Street" movement in her own city of Washington, D.C., to promote Shop Local campaigns and community revitalization in urban areas. Schaefer draws her inspiration from fellow entrepreneurs who strive to be creative, think differently and help make a difference. People like Judy Wicks, founder of the White Dog Cafe in Philadelphia who inspired her to use her voice as a force for good; Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig, founders of gourmet food group Zingerman's Community of Businesses in Michigan, from whom Schaefer learned innovative business strategies and Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, who taught her that nonprofit organizations need to think beyond simple charity. When her busy schedule allows, Schaefer likes to relax by making greeting cards (she's a big believer in the power of the written note), kayaking, taking spin classes, traveling, reading and, of course, mentoring other small business owners. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/recoverynuggetspodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/recoverynuggetspodcast/support

Meet Gina CEO and Co-Founder, A Few Cool Hardware Stores Schaefer is Founder and CEO of a chain of Ace Hardware stores located in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, MD, Alexandria, VA, Takoma Park, MD and Silver Spring, MD. She is a passionate entrepreneur who grew her company from one to 13 stores in 18 years and now leads a multimillion-dollar business that employs more than 250 people. She is dedicated to maintaining a strong corporate culture. Schaefer's big passion is for developing urban markets, supporting small businesses and helping women to succeed in all aspects of the hardware industry. She has tirelessly focused on the "Return to Main Street" movement in her own city of Washington, D.C., to promote Shop Local campaigns and community revitalization in urban areas. Schaefer draws her inspiration from fellow entrepreneurs who strive to be creative, think differently and help make a difference. People like Judy Wicks, founder of the White Dog Cafe in Philadelphia who inspired her to use her voice as a force for good; Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig, founders of gourmet food group Zingerman's Community of Businesses in Michigan, from whom Schaefer learned innovative business strategies and Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, who taught her that nonprofit organizations need to think beyond simple charity. When her busy schedule allows, Schaefer likes to relax by making greeting cards (she's a big believer in the power of the written note), kayaking, taking spin classes, traveling, reading and, of course, mentoring other small business owners. ginaschaefer.com Her book Recover Hardware will be available in the fall! Check all the places you can buy books to scoop a copy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/recoverynuggetspodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/recoverynuggetspodcast/support

I've shared before on this podcast that if someone inspires you, just reach out to them. You never know who will say yes to hanging out with you. A client recommended that I read the book Good Morning, Beautiful Business. Within the first chapter, I knew I had found a new woman to add to my podcast guest wishlist & to my heros list.  Judy Wicks has a long list of accomplishments: she's a mom, an entrepreneur, a restaurateur, a multi-non profit founder, an author, a speaker, an activist, a community builder, a connector, a world traveler, it goes on. She created the first of many things in the restaurant and local food & community movement and it's amazing to me that everyone doesn't know her.  Reading her book re-inspired me to take on doing it all and be a louder voice in changing the world.  When I grow up I want to be Judy Wicks and I think you will, too. 

Jack Stafford's guest as inspiration for a new song is Judy Wicks, an activist, entrepreneur, author, and speaker working to build a more compassionate, just, regenerative and locally-based economy. LYRICS: All our problems come When we get outside ourselves We need to grow our communities And seize new opportunities We gotta move... from me to we Think reciprocity It's time to move from me to we Think one community All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now Independence is An illusory thing It's real the abundance So share it all with a caring call And move from me to we Think generosity We gotta move from me to we Think one big family All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now Instead of over-reliance On global supply chains buy locally Say no to corporate violence Against the earth and all of us yeah All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now All together now Altogether now // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter, donations and download the song for €/$1 @ https://podsongs.com //LINKS // Website: https://podsongs.com Podcast episodes: https://podsongs.com/podcast-episodes Songs: https://podsongs.com/music Spotify artist: https://open.spotify.com/artist/32FYyRx1y1ex3jHHAgLMC7?si=4Nv7WW85SbSPZvCsj1o7Ig Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6sN1viy82HPiNTVX2YBxpq?si=1b84c2b9bdea4656 // SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/podsongs Instagram: https://instagram.com/podsongs Facebook: https://facebook.com/podsongs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podsongs/message

Linen is a woven and durable fabric that gets pulled out of the closet when summer rolls around or spread across one's bed as a soft blanket or duvet cover. But the big question remains: how sustainable is linen? We speak to Heidi Barr about how she has worked with reclaimed fabrics to reduce textile waste in the industry. She noticed the need for more sustainable solutions when she saw the urgency for making these changes in order to build a healthy, vibrant future with kitchen products that you will want to use every day. Heidi Barr is the founder of The Kitchen Garden Textiles, a line of kitchen textiles made with natural and reclaimed materials sold to support urban agriculture. Her business began by making napkins out of the backs of second-hand men's shirts and selling them to support her local urban CSA farm. Now, her company has gained significant traction in the textile industry and is used by some of Philly's top chefs including Ari Miller, co-owner and chef at Musi BYOB, and by Judy Wicks, environmental activist, author, and founder of the White Dog Cafe. As a former dancer turned costume designer, her business combines her love for the environment, fabric, and sewing. Heidi uses this passion to continue to inspire other individuals to live a more environmentally conscious and plastic-free lifestyle. Join us on this week's episode as we dive into the topics of ethically sourced products, environmental stewardship, and Heidi's personal journey as an entrepreneur. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, Simplecast, Podtail, or on your favorite podcast platform. Topics Covered: Replacing single-use plastics with sustainable solutions Environmental stewardship Ethical business practices Affordability and sustainable products Greenwashing in the textile industry Resources Mentioned: The Kitchen Garden Textiles Weavers Way Farms Henry Got Crops The Flax Project  Guest Info Connect with the guest on Heidi's website or by email at hello@kitchengardentextiles.com Follow Us: Our Website Instagram

Linen is a woven and durable fabric that gets pulled out of the closet when summer rolls around or spread across one's bed as a soft blanket or duvet cover. But the big question remains: how sustainable is linen? We speak to Heidi Barr about how she has worked with reclaimed fabrics to reduce textile waste in the industry. She noticed the need for more sustainable solutions when she saw the urgency for making these changes in order to build a healthy, vibrant future with kitchen products that you will want to use every day.Heidi Barr is the founder of The Kitchen Garden Textiles, a line of kitchen textiles made with natural and reclaimed materials sold to support urban agriculture. Her business began by making napkins out of the backs of second-hand men's shirts and selling them to support her local urban CSA farm.  Now, her company has gained significant traction in the textile industry and is used by some of Philly's top chefs including Ari Miller, co-owner and chef at Musi BYOB, and by Judy Wicks, environmental activist, author, and founder of the White Dog Cafe.As a former dancer turned costume designer, her business combines her love for the environment, fabric, and sewing. Heidi uses this passion to continue to inspire other individuals to live a more environmentally conscious and plastic-free lifestyle. Join us on this week's episode as we dive into the topics of ethically sourced products, environmental stewardship, and Heidi's personal journey as an entrepreneur.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, Simplecast, Podtail, or on your favorite podcast platform.Topics Covered:Replacing single-use plastics with sustainable solutionsEnvironmental stewardshipEthical business practicesAffordability and sustainable productsGreenwashing in the textile industryResources Mentioned:The Kitchen Garden TextilesWeavers Way FarmsHenry Got CropsThe Flax Project Guest InfoConnect with the guest on Heidi's website or by email at hello@kitchengardentextiles.comFollow Us:Our WebsiteInstagram

Sponsored by Tierra Farm | Music by Aaron DessnerMartin welcomes activist, author, entrepreneur, and long-time friend Judy Wicks into conversation about her life's work to build economies based on cooperation and local self-reliance.  In 2001, she founded the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, and co-founded the international Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. BALLE now includes some 30,000 local independent businesses in the U.S. and Canada. Judy envisions an economy that provides for the needs of all people while working in harmony with natural systems.2:50 All Together Now began in 2019, Judy talks about the impulse for founding this initiative.4:00 Judy talks about the importance of building an economy with local self-reliance at its core.5:00 We need a revolution of values. Many of our problems stem from a society that values money more than life itself. 5:30 Judy's first experience with indigenous people was when she lived in an Eskimo Village in 1969 as a VISTA volunteer. She recounts what this experience taught her about collaboration and sharing and how these lessons impacted her life.7:45 Judy's second experience with Indigenous wisdom was during the Zapatista Uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. This experience taught her the concept of local self-reliance. NAFTA was threatening the survival of the Zapatista people with GMO corn by making communities dependent on long-distance supply chains controlled by increasingly powerful multinational corporations that were putting local farmers and food-producers out of business.10:25 What led to the founding of BALLE – network of locally self-reliant businesses.11:30 Judy goes to Standing Rock to support Indigenous People in their efforts to honor Mother Earth, and protect children and the future by stopping the Dakota Access pipeline.14:00 Lakota Prophesy of the Black Snake: fossil fuel industry and pipelines.14:30 Judy realized the Black Snake in PA is fracking – and she takes up cause to stop fracking and begins to understand that the only way to go about this is by electing the right politicians.16:00 Now more than ever we need to look to Indigenous wisdom to find the path forward. 17:00 Story of White Dog Café and Judy's epiphany about ethical business practices.18:45 Transformational moment for Judy in what makes a sustainable business work: cooperation and a sustainable business system.20:00 Judy sells White Dog and dedicates rest of her life to building local economies; and starting nonprofits as the vehicle to do so.22:15 Judy's work in increasing supply and connecting farmers and entrepreneurs; and increasing demand through educating the public about importance of local self-reliance and weaning ourselves from corporate globalization.23:22 She has formed four educational coalitions focused on specific supply chains: industrial hemp and hempcrete as alternative building material, plant medicine (herbalists, CBD, medical marijuana), clothing & textiles, and heritage grain.25:50  In PA medical marijuana licenses are being sold to out-of-state corporations. Understanding that very little will be left for small farmers and black and brown entrepreneurs, All Together Now has organized a campaign called “Pot Profits for Pennsylvanians” - an urban and rural cannabis collective - to write legislation with allies to put a stop to this.Learn more: All Together Now | Proud Pennsylvania | Circle of Aunts and UnclesDonate to Hawthorne Valley

Judy Wicks is the founder of the White Dog Cafe, a restaurant in University City that she started in the first floor of her house in 1983. What started as a muffin shop quickly grew into a renowned 200-seat restaurant that was among the first to feature farm-to-table local food.  In this episode, which was originally published in 2018, Judy will share how, before starting White Dog, she and her then-husband opened Free People, a general store specifically for people under 30. The store would find quick success, but, as a woman, she wasn't being taken seriously. So, she left the business and her marriage and literally crashed the restaurant industry. She would become a community and sustainability leader for four decades, and here she'll share what we can do to ensure a happy, healthy Philadelphia. Judy's Memoir: Good Morning, Beautiful Business: http://judywicks.com/book/ judywicks.com: http://judywicks.com/

Hemp farmers have had a notoriously hard time when it comes to finding reliable financial services. Many hemp farmers can share stories of being dropped from a bank with very little notice when their bank got skittish about hemp. The reason for this, says West Town Banks executive vice president and chief operating officer Melissa Marsal, is that bank regulators see hemp overall as high risk business, and therefore hemp companies get lumped together with other so-called high risk businesses like private ATMs, internet gambling and alcohol and tobacco. Banks are required to perform extra due diligence when getting to know potential customers in these risky sectors, and many banks just don’t see the value in the extra work and have simply turned away from the hemp industry. The banking and hemp industries are patiently waiting for the SAFE Banking Act to pass Congress, which would make it a whole lot easier for everyone involved. In this interview, Marsal talks about her experience working with hemp farmers and the things hemp farmers have had to resort to in lieu of reliable banking. She talks about what hemp farmers need to consider when looking for a bank, and what kinds of questions they should be prepared to answer when they’re in discussions with a bank. West Town Bank https://www.westtownbank.com/business/industry-solutions/hemp/ News Nuggets Study: No evidence of liver toxicity from use of CBD from hemp https://www.clickondetroit.com/health/2021/04/06/study-no-evidence-of-liver-toxicity-from-use-of-cbd-from-hemp/ U.S. Hemp Seed Production Increasing https://www.newsdakota.com/2021/04/06/u-s-hemp-seed-production-increasing/ Far fewer Wisconsin hemp licenses have been issued, so far https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/far-fewer-wisconsin-hemp-licenses-have-been-issued-so-far/ Alabama Senate to consider amendment potentially harmful to Alabama hemp industry https://www.alreporter.com/2021/04/05/senate-to-consider-amendment-potentially-harmful-to-alabama-hemp-industry/ Sen. Rand Paul Reintroduces HEMP Act to Congress https://www.hempgrower.com/article/hemp-act-reintroduced-kentucky-usda-thc/ New York marijuana law makes sweeping changes to hemp rules, too https://hempindustrydaily.com/ny-marijuana-law-makes-sweeping-changes-to-hemp-rules-too/ Program aims to increase hemp awareness https://pennbizreport.com/news/19468-program-aims-to-increase-hemp-awareness/ Anything but CBD - The Real Opportunity in Hemp https://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/News/Promotional-Features/Anything-but-CBD-The-Real-Opportunity-in-Hemp Making Hemp Milk Is Easier Than You Think https://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/making-hemp-milk-is-easier-than-you-think-zbcz2104 Hops and Hemp https://www.greenstate.com/culture/hops-and-hemp-cannabis-cousin-pairs-well-but-which-beer-is-best-with-weed/ About That “Skunky” Cannabis Smell https://hempgazette.com/news/skunk-smell-cannabis-hg1410/ Podcast Archives Interview with DON Services https://www.lancasterfarming.com/community/podcasts_and_audio/don-services-building-a-future-with-hemp/article_c0c12a38-1ed3-11eb-9638-9fba138debee.html Interview with Judy Wicks from All Together Now Pennsylvania https://www.lancasterfarming.com/community/podcasts_and_audio/importance-of-local-supply-chains-in-the-face-of-global-pandemic/article_d2952098-6ecf-11ea-a715-bb449ca2df1c.html Interview with Kelly Kundratic from Team PA https://www.lancasterfarming.com/community/podcasts_and_audio/the-ebb-and-flow-of-harvest-season/article_98b5ce48-5266-11ea-ac19-9f049c81f721.html Many Thanks to our Sponsor IND HEMP https://www.indhemp.com/

Judy Wicks is an entrepreneur, author, speaker and mentor working to build a more compassionate, just, regenerative and locally-based economy. She joined us to discuss her approach to a carbon-free life both at home and in business, and discussed her non-profits and how they're building more sustainable economies in PA and across the nation.  Learn more at circleofauntsanduncles.com, judywicks.com, proudpennsylvania.org.   

Every year during the first decade of the twenty-first century, the Business Alliance for a Local Living Economy (BALLE) would hold its annual conference.  Those conferences were a celebration of local economies and the small businesses that built those economies.  Judy Wicks, Michael Shuman, David Korten, Laury Hammel, Don Shaffer, Michelle Long, and Merrian Goggio Borgeson were among the regular masters of ceremonies. Part an articulation of a new economic vision, part story telling from the field, part a three day party -- the conferences inspired the growth of a movement.Judy Wicks and Michael Shuman were part of the original group that founded BALLE.  They have continued to dedicate their energies to support just, diverse, and place-based economies.  Both are prolific writers and engaging speakers, as demonstrated by their E. F. Schumacher Lectures.  

"Native American food" is incredibly diverse. Loretta Barrett Oden, chef and member of Citizen Potawatomi Nation, has studied the foodways of North and South America - which has proven useful as she creates a pan-Oklahoma (39 Nations!) menu for the new First Americans Museum. Her thoughts on fry bread are ... nuanced. You can listen to Smart Mouth on iTunes, on Stitcher, on Spotify. Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Katherine Twitter Links: First Americans Museum  Judy Wicks  Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens  Native Food Alliance  Vinny Thomas  Sources: Journal of American Indian Education  US Forest Service  Government of the Northwest Territories  Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems  Native Food Systems  National Geographic  405  Chef's Collaborative 

This month our focus is Systems! By definition a systems is a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network. Procedures according to which something is done. We had an absolute blast with Charisse McGill, the owner/producer at Lokal Artisan Foods who in a little less than two years her French Toast Bites are the talk of the town in open air markets and is the first Black-owned business in Philly's popular summer hang out Spruce St. Harbor Park. Our other guest Judy Wicks is widely known as founder of Philadelphia’s iconic White Dog Cafe and a pioneer in the “Buy local food movement”. Judy runs the Circle of Aunts & Uncles, a micro loan fund for local entrepreneurs and has won numerous local and national awards. She dropped some gems! Take a listen.

We have an amazing guest on: Judy Wicks! I have been wanted to get Judy on for a while and I am so excited to have her! For those of you who don't know Judy Wicks is an author, activist and entrepreneur. Judy founded Philadelphia’s iconic White Dog Cafe in 1983. She was also a pioneer in the farm to table movement and a model in sustainable business practices. She has gone on to found Fair Food Philly, the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia and, nationwide, the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. With her All Together Now project she is connecting Pennsylvania’s rural agricultural community with the urban communities to build a sustainable and resilient regional economy. Judy's principles of sustainable business practice started when she spent a year working and living in an Eskimo village and seeing how the indigenous population shared and supported each other. After that she and her former husband started the first Free People store, which was the beginning of what we now know as Urban Outfitters. She then started in the restaurant business and went on to open the famous White Dog Cafe. What I love about this interview is Judy really gives us a history of important parts of Philadelphia's culture. She went on to publish her autobiography: Good Morning Beautiful business all about her entrepreneurial journey and how to build a new compassionate economy that works with the planet. Judy is still deeply involved in the community and fighting social injustice, she recently when to DC to march in Jane Fonda’s fire drill Friday's and has been supporting and protesting with Black Lives Matter movement. It was great to talk to her and hear about how she figured out all of these things.

On this week’s podcast, we talk to Judy Wicks, founder of All Together Now Pennsylvania and the Industrial Hemp Local Supply Chain Coalition about the importance of local supply chains especially in these times of global pandemic. And then we hear from Dr. Gerald Gaudino, chief science advisor at New Frontier Data, about CBD and the coronavirus, and what the industry can do to stop the spread of bad information. Links All Together Now Pennsylvania https://alltogethernowpa.org/ Hemp Local Supply Chain Coalition https://alltogethernowpa.org/regional-economies/industrial-hemp/ New Frontier Data https://newfrontierdata.com/ CBD Versus Viruses: What Do We Really Know? https://newfrontierdata.com/cannabis-insights/cbd-versus-viruses-what-do-we-really-know/ Coronavirus uncertainty prompts hemp farmers to lock down seeds, but some see turbulence ahead https://hempindustrydaily.com/coronavirus-uncertainty-prompts-hemp-farmers-to-lock-down-seeds-but-some-see-turbulence-ahead/ Hemp Company Files For Bankruptcy As 'Confounding Regulatory Guidelines' Hamper Growth https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcarpenter/2020/03/18/hemp-company-files-for-bankruptcy-as-confounding-regulatory-guidelines-hamper-growth/#3b00eb8e5794 Sponsors King’s AgriSeeds https://kingsagriseeds.com/hemp/ Advanced Hemp https://advancedhemp.com/

Urban Islanders Season 2 Episode 1 initiates our coverage of DACO by way of their second annual Cannabis Opportunities conference, hosted at Temple University.Judy Wicks – Entrepreneur and Founder of All Together Now PennsylvaniaWebsite: https://alltogethernowpa.org/Author, activist and entrepreneur, Judy Wicks is best know for founding Philadelphia's iconic White Dog Cafe in 1983, a pioneer in the local food movement. In 2000, Judy founded Fair Food Philly to connect farmers with the urban marketplace. In 2001 she founded the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia and the nation-wide Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). Judy's memoir Good Morning, Beautiful Business won a national gold medal for business leadership and has been translated into Chinese and Korean. Judy currently runs to projects - the Circle of Aunts & uncles, a micro loan fund for local entrepreneurs, which she founded in 2015, and All Together Now PA, to build regional economies, founded in 2019. Zorodzai Marovake – Founder and CEO of the Zimbabwe Industrial Hemp TrustDr Z. Maroveke (Dental Surgeon) is a Zimbabwean National who is very passionate about building her country. She is the Founder & C.E.O of the Zimbabwe Industrial Hemp Trust and the interim Vice President of the Cannabis Industries Association of Zimbabwe. Through the Trust she has successfully pioneered lobbying Government since 2015 to separate Industrial Hemp from Medicinal Cannabis through S.I 208 on 20 September 2019. She is heavily involved in guiding the emerging Industry through policy development and Research and Development. She participated in the DACO Conference 2019 courtesy of State Senator Shariff Street’s invitation and the Co-founder of DACO Madam Cherron Thomas.James Hillyard Jr. - MusicianContent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKumEbSyBUk&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEfXnQ4eP-URvABJOPmCfg James is an artist of multiple mediums native to Philadelphia.Victor Lewis - Community Activist Victor Lewis El is a community activist, who teaches people to live a life based on love of self and neighbor, to be empowered through knowledge, and to regularly participate in community outreach activities to uplift those in need.As a local businessman for more than 20 years in the acquisition and sale of antiques, collectibles, precious stones and metals, Victor formed Easy Transitions 101 in 2015 to be able to assist families and businesses transition from one situation to another. These transitions were often during difficult times and Victor set out to educate them on the best ways to make their transitions a little easier and even profitable for them.Desiree Ivey - Co-Founder of DACOWebsite: https://www.wearedaco.com/DACO Misson: Our purpose is to help elevate awareness of wellness and economic opportunities in cannabis. We host annual Cannabis Opportunity Conferences in Philadelphia to demystify the profession and culture of the cannabis industry in minority communities of the US and globally in the African diaspora, while recreating a narrative of opportunities and restorative justice for the growth of the community in light of the massive shifts and associated stigma of the cannabis industry.Music: Lessazo “Soleil D’Hiver” – Music: http://altermusique.org/Lessazo/Support the show (http://urbanislanders.org)

A new season of City Rising is coming in July 2019! Hear about guests including Judy Wicks and Adam Agalloco, topics and this season's theme: Energy!

Click to read the show notes. This week's podcast guest is Judy Wicks, founder of Proud Pennsylvania, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to uniting rural and urban communities to build regional economies that work for everybody. Proud Pennsylvania has established a Hemp Local Supply Chain Coalition in order to develop and strengthen the connections between hemp farmers, processors, entrepreneurs and consumers. Also, we check in with Jake Sitler from Floyd's of Lancaster to hear how things are going with their group of contracted hemp growers. Learn More about Proud Pennsylvania at https://www.proudpennsylvania.org/ This episode was sponsored in part by: The National Hemp Association: https://nationalhempassociation.org/ and NAU Country Insurance Company: https://www.naucountry.com/

Judy Wicks, a celebrated farm to table pioneer and localist is our guest this week on the Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast.  Co-founder of the Free People's Store (now Urban Outfitters) in Philadelphia in the early 1970's, Wicks ran with an idea that was unheard of then and remains uncommon now; the idea that a business should have a place within a community that superseded the drive for high profits at any expense. Her entrepreneurial journey in Philadelphia was just beginning, however this idea of community and local self-reliance would remain a common thread in all of her endeavors. Years later, Wicks opened the White Dog Cafe in West Philadelphia with just a few ingredients and grew to be known as the mother of the local food movement in the area by doing something her competitors would never have dared; she openly shared her sources for the local produce that comprised her menu.  What she came to believe in was the idea that it was not enough for her one business to focus on supporting the local economy, but that it would require all local restaurants to shed their national and international suppliers to really support and grow the local farm base. Years of community and political activism proved to temper Wicks' commitment to identify and combat the forces that are destroying our environment.  Proud Pennsylvania is an initiative spearheaded by Judy to encourage a healing bond between those in urban and rural communities, and to ensure that underrepresented communities find inclusion in the modern local economy.  As part of this initiative, Wicks formed the Hemp Local Supply Chain Coalition due to the overwhelming promise that industrial hemp holds for solving some of our toughest environmental challenges. Give a listen to hear about Judy Wick's amazing entrepreneurial journey up to this point and what she hopes to continue to achieve via the opportunities available to local communities by the green wave!  We are your weekly source for hemp industry enlightenment and we continue to look forward to hearing from you or anyone you know who is making a splash in industrial hemp! Thanks for listening and please don't forget to like, share and subscribe. Resources: http://judywicks.com https://www.proudpennsylvania.org http://ketsamusic.com

I was recently in Lille in France as a speaker at an event called the World Forum for a Responsible Economy.  One of my fellow speakers was Judy Wicks, who I've wanted to meet for years. Judy is from Philadelphia in the US, and is a retired entrepreneur, and was one of the founders of BALLE, the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.  She now describes herself as an 'activist citizen', acting in a variety of ways which you'll hear about as we get into the conversation we had.  We met over breakfast in the hotel we were both staying in, so listen out for the rattle of tea cups and the distant munching of croissants.  I started by asking Judy to give us some background on BALLE.  What is it, and what does it do?

Judy Wicks is the founder of the White Dog Cafe, a restaurant in University City that she started in the first floor of her house in 1983. What started as a muffin shop quickly grew into a renowned 200-seat restaurant that was among the first to feature farm-to-table local food.  In this episode, Judy will share how before starting White Dog, she and her then-husband opened Free People, a general store specifically for people under 30. The store would find quick success, but, as a woman, she wasn’t being taken seriously, so she left the business and her marriage and literally crashed the restaurant industry. She would become a community and sustainability leader for four decades, and here she’ll share what we can to to ensure a happy, healthy Philadelphia. Judy's Memoir: Good Morning, Beautiful Business judywicks.com @jwicks333 on Twitter Support Philly Who? Donate via Paypal, Venmo: @podphillywho, Become a Monthly Patron, Purchase a T-Shirt or Hat, Become a Sponsor

Tweet LIVE this Sunday, January 7th at 635pm Small Bites with Glenn Gross and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com on Wildfire Radio is back and is ready for a great 2018. We start things off by welcoming author Karen Page. Karen is a two-time James Beard Foundation Award winner, previous cookbooks “Culinary Artistry” was called one of the best cookbooks of all time by Food & Wine and “The Flavor Bible” was called one of the 10 best cookbooks in the world of the past century by Forbes. Well her latest endeavor with photographer Andrew Dornenburg “Kitchen Creativity: Unlocking Culinary Genius with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Ideas from the World's Most Creative Chefs” (Little, Brown and Company) shows great cooking is as much about intuition and imagination as it is about flavor and technique. Kitchen Creativity distills brilliant insights into these creative processes from more than 100 top restaurant kitchens, including the Bazaar, Blue Hill, Daniel, Dirt Candy, Eleven Madison Park and the NoMad, Gramercy Tavern, the Inn at Little Washington, Le Bernardin, Oleana, Rustic Canyon, Saison, Single Thread, and Topolobampo. Based on four years of extensive research and dozens of in-depth interviews, Kitchen Creativity illuminates the method (and occasional madness) of culinary invention. Part I reveals how to learn foundational skills, including how to appreciate, taste, and season classic dishes (Stage 1: Mastery), before reinventing the classics from a new perspective (Stage 2: Alchemy). Einstein's secret of genius-combinatory play-pushes chefs to develop unique creations and heighten their outer and inner senses (Stage 3: Creativity). Part II's A-to-Z entries are an invaluable culinary idea generator, with exercises to prompt new imaginings. The ultimate reference for culinary brainstorming, Kitchen Creativity will spur your creativity to new heights, both in the kitchen and beyond. Then we are thrilled to welcome Amy Strauss the author of “Pennsylvania Scrapple: A Delectable History” (The History Press). Amy is a food and drink writer and editor in the Philadelphia area. With a knack for uncovering the beauty in all things delicious, she takes to the streets of the City of Brotherly Love and beyond to discover its stories and relay them to you on a silver platter. With a decade of publishing experience in print and online publications for outlets like Philly Beer Scene, Edible Philly, The Spirit Newspaper, The Town Dish, Main Line Today magazine, Southwest Airlines, OpenTable, BlackBook Media, Philadelphia City Paper and Drink Philly, among others, she's hungry, she's eager and she loves to have her cake (and eat it, too). Beyond food and drink journalism, Amy is experienced with building creative content for brands like Campbell's Soup Company, Victory Beer Company, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant , Garces Group, Airgas and more. She's obsessed with her Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, slices of funfetti cake and not giving up hope for the Philadelphia 76erss. There may not be hope for the 76ers, but scrapple is as great as ever and everything you want to know about it is in “Pennsylvania Scrapple: A Delectable History”. An essential food in Mid-Atlantic kitchens for hundreds of years, scrapple is the often-overlooked king of breakfast meats. Developed by German settlers of Pennsylvania, the slow food byproduct was created to avoid waste in the day's butchering. Pork trimmings were stewed until tender, ground like sausage and blended with the originating broth, cornmeal and buckwheat flour. Crispy slabs of scrapple sustained regional ancestors through frigid winter months and hard-worked harvests. Today, companies such as Habbersett and Rapa still produce scrapple as new generations of chefs create exciting ways to eat the staple. Join author Amy Strauss as she traces the sizzling history and culture of a beloved Pennsylvania Dutch icon. Follow her ongoing culinary pursuits on Instagram at @amystrauss or online at www.amystrauss.com. In 2018 on the Chinese New Year it will be the Year of the Dog, and the original White Dog Cafe located in a brownstone in University City will celebrates 35 years since their opening and has expanded by 85 seats having recently taken over the property adjacent to the restaurant. This is going to be a WOOFderful year! To talk about this and much more we will have on Chef Clark Gilbert Culinary Director of White Dog Café. It all started with Judy Wicks, social activist and original Founder, opened White Dog Cafe in January of 1983. Located in three connecting Victorian brownstones in University City, White Dog quickly became a local favorite known for its environmental sustainability and community engagement. The majority of their ingredients are purchased from local farms, located no more than fifty miles from our restaurants. Their seasonal menus feature only the best ingredients from farms they trust; including pasture fed animals, humanely treated livestock, and fish and seafood that is harvested through sustainable suppliers. They incorporate organic items as much as they can when available from farms using sustainable farming practices. Their wines are grown and produced from American vineyards and serve local craft beer and use artisan distilled spirits in their beverages. All of their tea, coffee, and chocolate are Certified Organic and Fair Trade. The restaurants use renewable energy, LED lighting and practice sustainable initiatives that are environmentally friendly. It's always great when a restaurant is environmentally friendly, but it really adds a special flair when they are kid friendly as well. Joining us to chat about great places that want you to bring the kids along will be Melissa Elders the CEO and Founder of Nibble+squeak which just recently came to Philly. Nibble+squeak is a community of food-obsessed parents and the ultimate resource for kid-friendly dining. Launched by Melissa Elders in New York City in 2015, Nibble+squeak has quickly expanded into a global network founded out of a desire to both normalize and simplify dining out with kids. The organization's mission is to provide young parents with dynamic opportunities to frequent hot new restaurants and socialize with their little ones along for the ride. Nibble+squeak has been featured in The New York Times, Bon Appétit Magazine and Zagat and other national publications. Nibble+squeak collaborates with world-renowned restaurants and chefs to create impressive menus that are perfect for epicurean parents and their little ones. By identifying top eateries that offer civility, accessibility and culinary options for guests of all ages, Nibble+squeak encourages young parents to dine out with their offspring in tow. The team considers all of the key details that matter to parents, including high chairs, changing mats, stroller parking and, most importantly, like-minded people with whom to connect and dine. The inaugural brunch event took place on Saturday, December 9th at Wm. Mulherin's Sons (1355 North Front Street). Additional Philadelphia-based events will include meals in partnership with Barcelona Passyunk (January 14, 2018), Balboa Catering & Supper Club (February 2018), and A Mano (March, 2018), with more details to follow in early 2018. RSVP is required; to order tickets or for more information, please visit: http://www.nibbleandsqueak.com/philadelphia Small Bites Radio correspondent Actor John DiRenzo will also be helping in studio with his valuable insight and experience in the culinary world and also be sure to catch him on QVC selling the high quality Copper Chef products. In studio as well will be Chef Christina Martin of Cooking To Nourish and Street Food #Vegan mobile cart to give us Vegan Recipes News and why to Eat Drink Vegan. You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! Don't forget we still have our regular weekly segments from Courier-Post nightlife correspondent and The New York Times recognized John Howard-Fusco for his news of the week and please remember that John's book "A Culinary History of Cape May: Salt Oysters, Beach Plums & Cabernet Franc" from Arcadia Publishing The History Press is now available to buy, Chef Barbie Marshall who is a Chef Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Season 10 finalist and appeared on Season 17 of FOX Hell's Kitchen #AllStars, and Chef Barbie was named Pennsylvania's most influential chef by Cooking Light will delight us with her tip of the week, and a joke of the week from legendary joke teller Jackie Martling of The Howard Stern Show fame and Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling with his autobiography "The Joke Man: Bow to Stern" from Post Hill Press with foreword by Artie Lange available to order on Amazon.com. Fat Jack's BBQ and Bluejeanfood.com hope you will TuneIn worldwide or catch the following day on iTunes or Player FM. http://wildfireradio.com/small-bites/ The post Small Bites – Episode 72 appeared first on Wildfire Radio.

People sometimes tease Judy Wicks, author, activist and founder of Philadelphia's iconic White Dog Cafe, that she used "good food to lure innocent customers into social activism." She doesn't think that's anything to be ashamed of (and neither do we!). Tune in to hear more from this courageous businesswoman who eschews the idea that it's "unbusinesslike" to make decisions with your heart.

Author and activist Judy Wicks is co-founder of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, BALLE, and an international leader and speaker in the local living economy movement. She is former owner of the White Dog Café, acclaimed for its socially progressive and environmentally responsible business practices.

Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers and director of Everywoman’s Leadership program, talks about her passion for leadership and the power of diversity. Nina exposes the biases that hinder us from realizing the full spectrum of human contribution.  In all her work, Nina aims to reveal deep, insidious imbalances, or ‘stories,’ that underlie our leadership. Cultural values form biases within us. Revealing those biases can offer a greater array of leadership choices.   Key Takeaways [3:12] “Cultivating Women’s Leadership” workshop participants are selected from diverse women who are purposeful and motivated to effect change. They clarify their leadership motivation. They explore gifts of women’s leadership and growing each other’s leadership skills. “Regenerative Leadership” workshops are for all. Participants improve their effectiveness and ability to recharge and regenerate. [6:55] In all her work, Nina aims to reveal deep, insidious imbalances, or ‘stories,’ that underlie our leadership. Cultural values form biases within us. Revealing those biases can offer a greater array of leadership choices.  [10:47] Nina’s career has been informed by a passion for diversity — of agricultural seeds, of the ecology, and of society. Diversity is nature’s safeguard against extinction. Bioneers involves 13 constituencies for global change. WDN involves women philanthropists to effect progressive change. Everywoman’s Leadership features diverse women as leadership models. [17:41] Nina gives advice for leaders to build diverse teams. Cultivate a deep valuing of the multiplicity of ways that human beings show up. Recognize our own lenses and blinders, so we create a work environment that invites and includes all. [20:23] Nina worked at Bioneers with Dawna Markova, author of numerous leadership books, who said, “One of our most common mistakes as leaders is that we think that people who think like us are smart, and people who don’t think like us are not.” This taught Nina that Bioneers needed to draft people who did not all think alike, for a system that represents the whole of human capacities. [23:29] As leaders, one of our greatest assets is our vulnerability. Owning our mistakes cultivates us as learning organisms and organizations. We need diversity of mind, heart, spirit, and body. Nina says we all have masculine and feminine within us, and as leaders, we want to be able to pull from that spectrum traits that are needed at any given time. [26:06] Nina discusses the confidence gap between women and men. It starts when girls are trained not to boast, not to assert themselves, and to hold themselves back. Girls orient more toward service for other people. Boys tend to orient more toward achievement for themselves. We need many more role models of women in STEM and other technical fields. Self-assurance is needed. [29:29] The Iroquois Six Nations were inspirational to the suffragettes, as a culture where women’s wisdom was valued. Women select Chiefs based on their observations of young boys’ behaviors, seeing which of them are most attuned to the needs of the whole. The drafters of the Constitution drew upon elements of the Six Nations, but they did not adopt gender equality. [32:00] Moonrise features 38 women and 2 men. Common themes were leaders responding to internal motivation, not external authority. It was the work of their hearts spirits to respond. They led with their whole person; body, spirit and mind. Vulnerability was a strength. They were collaborative, using relational intelligence, modeling respect and dignity for all living things. [38:40] Nina notes leaders who inspired her: Terry Tempest Williams, who led her to imagine herself in multiple roles, Nalini Nadkarni, creating social innovation to save rainforest canopies, and Judy Wicks, co-founder of the business alliance for local-living communities.   Website: Bioneers.org Look for the Bioneers Conference in October. Website: CultivatingWomensLeadership.org Website: WomenDonors.org Website: NinaSimons.com Facebook: Nina Simons Facebook: Bioneers.org Twitter: @ninabioneers LinkedIn: Nina Simons   Bio Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers and director of its Everywoman’s Leadership program, is a social entrepreneur passionate about reinventing leadership and restoring the feminine in us all. Nina’s work currently focuses on writing, speaking, and teaching about women, leadership, diversity, nature, and systems thinking. Nina’s career has spanned several decades and has traversed working within the corporate sector, and working within the nonprofit sector. Nina has a bird’s-eye view around leadership and how it manifests in those different realms.   Books Mentioned in this Episode Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, Edited by Nina Simons   Also mentioned on the show: http://www.ucodegirl.org/ourstory/

Do you know your farmer? Your investor? Do they care about your well-being? People are hungry for meaningful relationships and top-quality local products and food. Clearly, many modern Americans have been suffering and impoverished from a lack of connection, but in the last decade we have seen a significant interest in supporting locally owned, value-driven […]

Wicks is the founder of White Dog Café, Fair Food Philly, the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, and the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.Judy Wicks delivered "Building a New Economy: What's Love Got to Do with It?" on October 10, 2014.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts. The Schumacher Center's applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and applied, is supported by listeners like you. You can strengthen our mission by making a donation at centerforneweconomics.org/donate, or call us at (413) 528-1737 to make an appointment to visit our research library and office at 140 Jug End Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with Judy Wicks about the idea of a peace economy, how the war economy maintains injustice, and how we can start to take action to change it. "People who live in highly self-sufficient local communities are less likely to get involved in large-scale violence than people whose existence depends on world-wide systems of trade." - E.F. Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Judy Wicks is a sustainable and ethical business pioneer, founder of FairFood Philly, author of "Good Morning, Beautiful Business", founder of Philadelphia's White Dog Cafe, a pioneer in the farm-to-table movement, and cofounder of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). Related Links: Peace Economy http://www.codepink.org/peaceeconomy "Building a Local Peace Economy" by Judy Wicks http://www.alternet.org/local-peace-economy/building-local-peace-economy-we-have-power "Hyperlocal Lending Circle of Aunts and Uncles" by Judy Wicks http://www.kosmosjournal.org/news/hyperlocal-lending-circle-of-aunts-uncles/ Judy Wicks http://judywicks.com/ Good Morning, Beautiful Business by Judy Wicks http://judywicks.com/book/ Small Is Beautiful by E.F. Schumacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful Business Alliance for Local Living Economies https://bealocalist.org/ Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org This week's featured music is "Pose Tes Mains" by Mutine. You can find it on Soundcloud. https://soundcloud.com/mutine/pose-tes-mains-folk About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/

Are you looking to start your next business, or maybe thinking about retirement? Succession planning is the key to making sure your small business journey ends with a ‘happily ever after’. In this episode of Xero Gravity, Dr. Sabine Rau, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at King’s College London, and Judy Wicks, author and entrepreneur, drop by to share their stories about succession planning with Gene and Elizabeth. Together, Sabine and Judy illuminate the difference between ownership and leadership, discuss issues of family inheritance and show how your key values can be hardwired into a business before sale. Sabine urges small business owners to be very clear about what they’re trying to achieve when looking at succession. “You can't have it all,” she said. “You have to be very clear what you want to achieve.” We find out how you can do it with grace and success.  

As we navigate the onset of climate change, we're witness to the rapid obsolescence of the human systems built on the assumption of cheap oil. The clock is running out on expensive (and vulnerable) practices such as the long-distance, fossil-fueled global supply chains that transport the average bite of food 1,200 miles to reach our plates. Inevitably communities are moving toward a greater re-localization of such basics as food, energy and water. And that makes sense because that's how nature is organized. Famed restaurateur and local food advocate Judy Wicks is at the forefront of the movement to redefine business practices, grow greater security and nourish sustainable communities.

Communism, capitalism; I just spent a week in Hungary, where anyone in their 50s has spent more or less equal parts of their life under each system and what many of those people find surprising now is just how little has changed. As one resident of Budapest, exclaimed with a sigh: “Twenty five years after the transition, the one thing we didn't expect was for so much to be the same.” It's a cautionary tale for those in the US who talk about creating a “new” economy. Just what's really new about it? In the late 1980s, my Budapest friend and her colleagues believed they were about to make a new world. To some extent they did; they travel more freely now and can start their own businesses. With Western encouragement, Hungary's state owned companies were mostly privatized, its cooperative farms split up. But instead of redistributing assets into more hands, Hungary's merely passed from one, one-percent to another. Today Starbucks, McDonalds and Tescos are a common sight on Budapest's broad boulevards but so are homeless people, beggars and the unemployed. Eurostat, a data firm, reports that more than a quarter of Hungarians were living in extreme poverty last year. And the old practice continues of playing politics with people's needs Today's power elite dispense shrinking benefits and scarce public jobs just as the old regime passed out perks and favors to their allies. To explain the pain, right-wing demagogues blame familiar targets: among them, gypsies, queers and Jews. In his State of the Union Address this year, Prime Minister Viktor Orban attacked immigrants, foreigners and multiculturalism (as well as communism) and called for a higher birth rate for Hungarians. Did Hungarians hope for more? For sure, and gradually they're figuring out how to get it. As I left, hundreds were in the streets protesting corruption. But the big picture is that while ownership in their new economy has shifted from public to private hands, the question they have to grapple with now, is what's the economy for? For community or control? You can watch my interview with Judy Wicks co-founder of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies and former owner of Philadelphia's White Dog café, this week on The Laura Flanders Show on KCET/LINKtv and TeleSUR and find all my interviews and reports at GRITtv.org. To tell me what you think, write to: Laura@GRITtv.org.

Judy Wicks is an entrepreneur, author, speaker and mentor working to build a more compassionate, environmentally sustainable and locally based economy.   Her recent book Good Morning, Beautiful Business: the Unexpected Journey of an Activist Entrepreneur and Local Economy Pioneer was published by Chelsea Green in March, 2013.   Judy’s speaking engagements focus on the topics of local living economies, responsible business, and the role of the feminine in building a new economy.  She has addressed communities throughout the USA and Canada, as well as Berlin, Delhi, Havana, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.  Her keynote presentations at numerous conferences provide insight and inspiration concerning the deep connections between local food, ecology, economy and social justice. Judy is popular with students and faculty and has presented at many universities including the University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University, Keene State, the University of Wisconsin, Michigan State, Penn State, Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Yale, Harvard, Bryn Mawr and Haverford College, where she gave a commencement address and received an honorary decree. www.judywicks.com

Judy Wicks is author of Good Morning, Beautiful Business: The Unexpected Journey of an Activist Entrepreneur and Local-Economy Pioneer and was owner of the White Dog Cafe in Philly for almost 30 years, pioneering business that was engaged, transformational, community-building, fun, and successful. On the cutting edge of local food, organic, humane, politically-involved, food & business.

Judy Wicks is an entrepreneur, author, speaker and mentor working to build a more compassionate, environmentally sustainable and locally based economy. Her recent book Good Morning, Beautiful Business: the Unexpected Journey of an Activist Entrepreneur and Local Economy Pioneer was published by Chelsea Green in March, 2013. Judy’s speaking engagements focus on the topics of local living economies, responsible business, and the role of the feminine in building a new economy.  She has addressed communities throughout the USA and Canada, as well as Berlin, Delhi, Havana, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.  Her keynote presentations at numerous conferences provide insight and inspiration concerning the deep connections between local food, ecology, economy and social justice. Judy is popular with students and faculty and has presented at many universities including the University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University, Keene State, the University of Wisconsin, Michigan State, Penn State, Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Yale, Harvard, Bryn Mawr and Haverford College, where she gave a commencement address and received an honorary decree. www.judywicks.com

Speakers at Connecting For Change (2012) An international leader and speaker in the local living economies movement, Judy Wicks founded the White Dog Cafe on the first floor of her house on a row of Victorian brownstones in West Philadelphia in 1983. After helping to save her block from demolition to make way for a […] The post Knowing How Much Is Enough appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.

At the Hello Etsy conference (17-18 September 2011, Berlin) on small business and sustainability, we talked to Judy Wicks about local living economies and the importance of cooperation and local ties in building a successful business. She is the founder of Philadelphia's White Dog Café, a business that supports its community and cares for its environment while bringing people together for good food and conversation.

Judy Wicks is owner and founder of White Dog Cafe, a company started in 1983 as a take-out coffee and muffin shop in the first floor of Judy's home. White Dog Café has a four-part mission of serving customers, community, employees and the natural environment. Judy has supported this commitment to serve, and as a result, has become a national leader in the local, living economies movement. She is founder of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia (SBN) and co-founder of the nationwide Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), the world's fastest growing network of sustainable businesses committed to building local economies and transforming the community economic development field.