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Read our interviews with the innovative green entrepreneurs behind our green business network — business leaders who put people and the planet before profits, and whose sustainable companies help you live a greener life.
This month, we profile one of our Green Business Network members that has made the successful jump from being a small, respected, local green business, to making a go of it in the era of the Internet.
The Wedge Community Co-op started as a local, cooperative grocery store in 1974, as the first certified organic store in Minnesota. Over the years, as the co-op expanded, so did its customer base and its range of products, until finally the brick-and-mortar shop ran out of space. From that limitation was born the solution of an online store, which has grown into a major national source for Fair Trade products – tea and coffee, dinnerware, table linens, housewares, and more.
Next month: Judy Seid from Blue Summit Financial
A proud member of our Green Business Network™ for the last 12 years, Stephen Baker of Greenline Paper says: "Green America means a lot to us because it embodies our national green community. Being a member means having a fraternity of businesses that have similar challenges and like-minded values. It’s good to have friends in the business."
We agree! In this month's interview, Stephen becomes the latest member of our national green-business community to respond to our interview questionnaire. Read on to find out how a trip to Central America inspired Stephen to plant a new green business in the middle of Pennsylvania, and how you can get your office "green certified" from Greenline Paper.
When Mountain Rose Herbs won Green America's People's Choice Award in 2008, the voters who nominated them into the top-ten, and then voted them into the top spot weren't shy about the many reasons they had to love their favorite green business. They wrote to us about Mountain Rose's fierce commitment to organics and Fair Trade, about their work to become a zero-waste workplace, and about their biodiesel delivery trucks (using 100% waste oil from a local kettle chip factory).
In this month's interview, we've asked Mountain Rose Herb's Shawn Donnille to tell us more about what's in the company's future. Read on to find out about their commitment to recycling, and their work to rid their supply chain of plastic.
