Business owners and leaders face many challenges, questions, and hurdles. Leaders at smaller businesses and organizations often address these issues alone. We speak with Hendrik-Jan Francke, owner of Bright Orange Thread, to explore how peer groups can aid business owners and leaders to unlock both profit and joy in their work.
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There is a whole family of wild birds who call Pickering Valley Feed and Farm home! 🐦 🐦 Jim Cracas tells us about how these feathered friends have made themselves right at home in his store. 🪶
Catch the full conversation 🎧: https://startlocal.co/growing-and-evolving-a-50-year-family-feed-and-farm-store-with-jim-cracas/
Jim Cracas shares with us how his family business, Pickering Valley Feed and Farm, sees its strong community of support as its biggest advantage when competing with giant pet supply companies. 🐱 🐶
Catch the whole conversation 🎧: https://startlocal.co/growing-and-evolving-a-50-year-family-feed-and-farm-store-with-jim-cracas/
Jim Cracas of the pet and farm supply store, Pickering Valley Feed and Farm, talks with us about how shopping locally does not only benefit the store, but the whole community. 🐾 🐴
Catch the full episode here 🎙️: https://startlocal.co/growing-and-evolving-a-50-year-family-feed-and-farm-store-with-jim-cracas/
Sarah Holland from the Good Girls Bakery in Exton, PA and Good Girls on the Go Catering explains all of the effort and science that goes into crafting the perfect sourdough starter! 🍞 🥖
#ChesterCountyPA #StartLocal #ExtonPA #Sourdough
🎧 Tune into the rest of the conversation: https://startlocal.co/baking-for-business-growth-with-sarah-holland/
https://startlocal.co/baking-for-business-growth-with-sarah-holland/
Joining us from Good Girls Bakery in Exton is Sarah Holland, who walks us through what local nonprofit she thinks more people should know about. She discusses the Chester County Food Bank and all of the amazing programs that they have to support the community. 🥖
#ChesterCountyPA #StartLocal #ExtonPA
🎧 Tune into the rest of the conversation:
https://startlocal.co/baking-for-business-growth-with-sarah-holland/
The Executive Director of the Chester County Bar Association, Greg Nardi, shared three leadership lessons from his career in the US Army.
#Earth4All #Argentina: Young people confront today’s challenges through debate
At a time when social and environmental crises are deepening, this initiative shows that young people are not just aware of the challenges—they are ready to lead the transformation. The real challenge is to listen to them and make room for their voices in the creation of truly transformative public policies.
5 June 2025
"On 9 May, young people between the ages of 18 and 30 gathered simultaneously in #Córdoba, #BuenosAires, and #Tucumán to take part in the workshop 'Understanding the present to build the future we want,' part of the Earth4All Argentina National Engagement Strategy led by the #ClubOfRome – Argentinian Chapter.
"Organised in collaboration with #FundaciónAlimentaris and #JóvenesPorElClima, the workshop was part of the participatory process of the National Participation Program (NEP), an initiative aimed at gathering diagnostics, experiences, and proposals from local communities to influence public policy. Its goal is to collectively adapt the international Earth4All model to local realities. The model warns of the urgent need to move away from the current path, described as '#TooLittleTooLate,' and to move toward a '#GiantLeap' centred on #social and #EnvironmentalJustice. This transformative agenda is structured around five turnarounds: #EradicatingPoverty, #ReducingInequality, #EmpoweringWomen, transforming #FoodSystems, and driving the energy transition.
"The workshop brought together university students from the host cities, #grassroots and #EnvironmentalActivists, and civically engaged youth eager to influence #LocalPolicies and practices. Facilitated by Jóvenes por el Clima, the event was organized around two main dynamics: first, introducing the foundations and challenges of the Earth4All model; and second, mapping specific local issues and working in thematic groups aligned with the model’s five pillars, with the aim of #CoCreating concrete proposals grounded in the experiences and voices of #YoungPeople."
#SolarPunkSunday #LtG #Activism #SocialJustice #CollectiveAction #CollectiveLearning #StartLocal #Collaboration
Hey #fediFriends
Is there interest in monthly support crowdfunding @hosford42 to work on building a matchmaking platform for folks to find local connections of the fediverse community?
An interface to find #meatspaceFediFriends basically.
This is a brand new idea as per:
https://disabled.social/@vlrny/115712588525647591
Ya'll can spitball scope and logistics below (pls untag me in replies, I'll just lurk)
🔄 Appreciated!
#spoonies #actuallyAutistic @LonelinessCorps #fediverse #hopepunk #community #startLocal
@[email protected] Oooo and maybe a reach or maybe not the time. I wonder about some sort of database matchmaker thing to help spoonies find local connections. For roommates, friendship, peer support Hrm anybody really, could be used as a digital platform to help build meatspace connections from the fedi-sphere. It's hard for any adults to make new friends - especially hard for men, autistics, disabled... All the social outliers who find a home on fedi. Help us find meatspace fedi friends.
In a first 💥 for our show, we are are excited to feature a guest who is both a business and nonprofit leader. It was a privilege to walk a full round with Christopher Everett, Senior Vice President at Truist and the Founder and Board President of the RLE Go Fore It! Foundation.
🎤 🎧 LISTEN: https://startlocal.co/making-connections-opening-doors-and-providing-access-with-christopher-everett/
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