When behaving ethically is a competitive advantage

Dov Seidman, the CEO of LRN, dropped by earlier this week. He’s visited before, and I haven’t known what to make of what he’s selling. LRN started out in 1992 as a legal research network (LRN, get it?) that law firms could outsource projects to, then got into compliance training for corporations, and now is [...]

Blame the bag, not the spinach

I just stumbled across this fascinating post in the food blog Chez Pim. It’s by Andy Griffin, a California organic farmer who was a pioneer in the bagged-baby-greens business that is at the heart of the FDA’s spinach crackdown. If fresh spinach is a part of your life, I’d recommend reading the whole thing, but [...]