Even when saving food and ensuring potentially wasted food isn’t part of my job description, I do my best to connect people to food before it goes bad in my free time. It is so crazy to me that sometimes there can be legal consequences to that. “As her store was closing, Ridley asked her boss if she could take home some food, at least the perishable stuff, and her boss told her no—that food belonged to the bank now. Which was true. But also—disgusting.” Something that gets me up in the morning every day is knowing that there are people working on the businesses and policies of the future, actively participating in the #greatturning and creating the preconditions necessary for all beings to thrive - with clean water, access to healthy food, and secure housing/environments to live in. Another very true story about the way the world works right now is that everything is falling apart as a result of business as usual. “Investors handed one young guy with an MBA $100 million to launch a bunch of convenience stores. Meanwhile, the amount of bank credit available for small businesses has been shrinking after adjusting for inflation. The issue isn’t that VC-backed companies are encouraged to take big risks and swing for the fences; it’s that they’re encouraged to pour in money, create a bunch of problems, and then speed off in their Teslas.” If anything, we need to look at things falling apart as an invitation to improve them. And keep fighting for common sense laws that ensure humans, and their very real urgent needs to house and feed themselves, not ‘starving creditors,’ are put first. I invite you, if your first reaction to these thoughts is based on business as usual - “yes but that’s just how it is,” or “well how else could it be?” - to take a deep breath and challenge yourself to see a different reality before responding. If you started backwards from a future where all humans are taken care of, where people and the planet came first before profits, what else could possibly be true about our current circumstances. What opportunities would be available to shift business as usual?
Welp... Foxtrot 2.0 😒 This article was sent in the Snaxshot chat *side tangent: if you have some spare 🤑 or thinking about a subscription to stay in the know, this one should be it* The last quote of the entire article says it all: https://lnkd.in/giQ_APsc "Investors handed one young guy with an MBA $100 million to launch a bunch of convenience stores. Meanwhile, the amount of bank credit available for small businesses has been shrinking after adjusting for inflation. The issue isn’t that VC-backed companies are encouraged to take big risks and swing for the fences; it’s that they’re encouraged to pour in money, create a bunch of problems, and then speed off in their Teslas" If you're in Chicago, World Business Chicago's Future of Food Summit is happening this week. Abin Kuriakose and his team put together an incredible line up of events this week that are truly worthwhile to attend. 🚨INVESTORS, ANGELS, VCs ATTENDING THESE EVENTS - Be and do better than Further Point Enterprises. Don't back the irresponsible Michael LaVitola like dummy with an MBA just because he negged you into it. Here are some companies you SHOULD be backing: Carolyn's Krisps, Geem, Kororin US Inc., Tubby's Taste, Nemi Snacks, TWISTED EGGROLL, LLC, Daily Crunch, realsy, LEXINGTON BAKES, Elavi, Chocolat- Uzma Sharif, Brewpoint Coffee, Ghost Town Oats, Dope Drip Cafe, Cajun Cafe Chicago, Taylor's Tacos, Keep It Savory Salt Co., Mother Prepper, Lēto Foods, Pink Salt LLC, Unbothered Foods, Kiley Fields, Gifted Breads LLC, Alexa Ryan (Berlin), Kombuchade, Lil Bucks, Sweet Thing Bake Shop, Pretty Cool Ice Cream, Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits, Balkan Bites, Trashy, High Desert Print Company, Tuan Huynh, Fatso Hard Hard Kitchen LLC, Laos To Your House... Those are just a few to name.
